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Painting

On a Sugar Plantation in South Carolina

Date: 1859
Description: Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them...
Poster

Camp Asylum

Date: 1865
Description: Detail (central image) of "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers" showing Camp Asylum in South Carolina.
Drawing

Blackstock's Plantation Battlefield

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Description: Drawn map of Blackstock's Plantation battlefield from the Sumter Papers.
Drawing

Blackstock's Plantation Battlefield Map

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Description: Drawn map of Blackstock's Plantation battlefield from the Thomas Sumter Papers.
Photograph

Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Session

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group participants in the midst of a session.
Photograph

Sea Island Family

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Description: A family from Sea Island that participated in the Citizenship Group. Cats can be seen to the left and in the doorway.
Photograph

Citizenship Group House and Bus

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Description: House and school bus used for a Citizenship group at the sea islands.
Photograph

Citizenship Group Island Bedroom

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Description: A bedroom on one of the South Carolina islands which hosted the Citizenship group.
Photograph

Johns Island Children

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Description: A child holding a baby next to a television on Johns Island. Part of the Citizenship group that convened there.
Photograph

Johns Island Family on Porch

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Description: An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island.
Magazine or Periodical

The National Democratic Convention

Date: 04 23 1860
Description: Drawing of The National Democratic Convention in session at Charleston, South Carolina.
Photograph

Old Dorchester Road

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Description: A view of Old Dorchester Road, a small dirt, country road with a small wooden structure or house one one side, and lined with trees and telephone poles on ...
Photograph

Cypress Gardens

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Description: View from shoreline toward two men and a woman seated in a boat, traveling through the water at Cypress Gardens.
Photograph

Secession Hill

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Description: A view of 'Secession Hill', where the first secession meeting was held in November of 1860. Caption reads: "'Secession Hill' Abbeville, S.C."
Photograph

View of Secession Hill

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Description: View of 'Secession Hill' where the first secession meeting was held beneath the pictured trees on November 22nd of 1860. Caption reads: "Secession Hill, Ab...
Photograph

Park Gate

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Description: A view of an ornate metal gateway to a city park. Trees, facing rows of park benches and a bust on a pedestal can be seen through the gate.
Photograph

Boys High School

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Description: Exterior view of the boys high school building, with boys standing in lines in front of the building.
Photograph

Clarence Breeden Residence

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Description: View of the residence of Clarence Breeden. An automobile is parked in the driveway. Caption reads: "Residence of Clarence Breeden. Bennettsville, S.C."
Photograph

Abbeville Cotton Mill Home

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Description: Abbeville cotton mill home. View of home, porch and front yard.
Photograph

The Onthank Residence

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Description: In the 1870s, Almira Morill Onthank converted the home into a guest house, and the residence stayed in the Onthank family for over a century.

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