| 11. | Laurel Grove was a prosperous plantation that grew oranges, sea island cotton, peas, and potatoes.
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| 12. | "They paid for it with 30, 000 pounds of sea island cotton, " she says.
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| 13. | The house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton.
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| 14. | Some are the progeny of slaves who harvested indigo and Sea Island cotton on these barrier islands.
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| 15. | The president, he added, likes full-cut trousers and his hand-sewn white Sea Island cotton and French blue shirts.
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| 16. | High quality, sea island cotton exceeded all other long-staple cottons in fiber length, as well as fineness and strength.
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| 17. | The stakes were high : the Sea Island cotton harvest represented a lucrative commodity for Northern investors to control.
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| 18. | The servant testifies that the accused would not have dreamed of wearing anything other than sea island cotton or silk.
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| 19. | Sea Island cotton was grown on Cumberland Island, and short-staple cotton was grown on the mainland along with sugar cane.
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| 20. | The plantation continued to produce a valuable crop of Sea Island cotton until 1917, when the boll weevil reached Edisto Island.
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