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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: December 27, 2007
Caption: “Secession Oak,”
Additional Description: By the early 1840s, though, locals had become increasingly irritated by Federal tariffs on imported merchandise. These duties levied by the government added significant expense to essential goods as well as luxury items coming into the country. From their frustration grew the “Bluffton Movement” in protest to the tariffs. Angry residents met under a massive ancient oak tree in the town which became known as “Secession Oak,” where protests eventually resulted in calls for secession from the Union. Bluffton, as a high-profile headquarters of the Confederate “rebels”, was attacked by Union forces who bombarded and burned the town in June of 1863. Note: Tree is located on Private Property, but visible along Verdier Cove Rd. approx. .2 miles from SC-46
Submitted: August 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73534
File Size: 0.298 Megabytes

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