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"Robbers Row" Quarters
Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: February 2009
Caption: "Robbers Row" Quarters
Additional Description: As ex-slaves flocked to Hilton Head from mainland and sea island plantations in 1862, the village of Mitchelville was built between Fort Welles, ( formerly Fort Walker ), and Fort Howell to house them. Government sawmills turned huge quantities of pine siding and beams from the island timber. These long, low barracks-like structures featured communal bathrooms and kitchens.
Submitted: March 1, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p54453
File Size: 0.241 Megabytes

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