The Reconstruction era,1861-1900 the historic period in which the United
States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed
African Americans into social, political, economic, and labor systems, was a
time of significant transformation. The people, places, and events in Beaufort
County, South Carolina, reflect on the most important issues of this
tumultuous time period.

The Reconstruction era,1861-1900 the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, economic, and labor systems, was a time of significant transformation. The people, places, and events in Beaufort County, South Carolina, reflect on the most important issues of this tumultuous time period.

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Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

Pinckney Island NWR, established December 4, 1975, was once included in the
plantation of Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Pinckney was a
Revolutionary War veteran, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and two-
time presidential candidate in the early 1800s. Few traces of the island's
plantation exist today. From 1937 to 1975, when it was donated to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pinckney Island was privately owned and managed as
a game preserve.

The 4,053 acre refuge includes Pinckney Island, Corn Island, Big and Little
Harry Islands, Buzzard Island and numerous small hammocks. Pinckney is the
largest of the islands and the only one open to the public. Two-thirds of the
refuge consists of salt marsh and tidal creeks. A wide variety of land types
are found on Pinckney Island alone: salt marsh, forestland, brushland, fallow
fields, and freshwater ponds. These habitats support a diversity of bird and
plant life. Wildlife commonly observed on Pinckney Island includes waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, neo-tropical migrants, white-tailed deer
and American alligators. There are large concentrations of white ibis, herons,
and egrets.

<p>Pinckney Island NWR, established December 4, 1975, was once included in the plantation of Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Pinckney was a Revolutionary War veteran, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and two-time presidential candidate in the early 1800s. Few traces of the island's plantation exist today. From 1937 to 1975, when it was donated to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pinckney Island was privately owned and managed as a game preserve. </p><p>The 4,053 acre refuge includes Pinckney Island, Corn Island, Big and Little Harry Islands, Buzzard Island and numerous small hammocks. Pinckney is the largest of the islands and the only one open to the public. Two-thirds of the refuge consists of salt marsh and tidal creeks. A wide variety of land types are found on Pinckney Island alone: salt marsh, forestland, brushland, fallow fields, and freshwater ponds. These habitats support a diversity of bird and plant life. Wildlife commonly observed on Pinckney Island includes waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, neo-tropical migrants, white-tailed deer and American alligators. There are large concentrations of white ibis, herons, and egrets. </p>

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

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