Cotton and tobacco prices collapsed in 1920 following overproduction and the boll weevil pest wiped out the sea island cotton crop in 1921.
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McLeod Plantation, a former Sea Island cotton plantation, was recently sold by Historic Charleston Foundation to the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission.
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In 1908 Statesboro led the world in sales of long-staple Sea Island Cotton, a specialty of the Savannah by a 10 : 1 ratio.
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The colonists built an economy based on the production of sugar, rum, arrowroot and sea island cotton, cultivated on large plantations manned by slave labour.
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By September 1852, five acres of the Milton land had been cleared, and were planted the following month with seeds of the finest Sea Island Cotton.
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Known before the Civil War as a center for sea island cotton, Daufuskie gained fame in the first half of the 20th century for its oysters.
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Cotton gradually became the principal crop, and after the American Revolution, Edisto Island planters became wealthy and famous from their production of long-staple Sea Island cotton.
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General Pinckney was a commander during the slaves labored to produce fine quality long-staple Sea Island Cotton on; 386 slaves lived on the island by 1840.
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Having been freed by Kingsley in 1811, she helped manage the plantation, which produced Sea Island cotton, citrus, sugar cane and corn with an enslaved work force.
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While Sea Island cotton was by far the largest and most valuable commercial crop, other documented agricultural products such as indigo, rice, and food crops were also grown.
