These former slaves were photographed at Fish Hall, a Hilton Head, S.C., plantation owned by the family of Emma Pope, the wife of Confederate General ThomasDrayton. The plantation was taken over by Union forces following the Northern victory over Drayton's forces in the Battle of Port Royal in November 1861. The workers in this photo were still planting, harvesting and ginning cotton but were now keeping the profits
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
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