Saint Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21. The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi and a popula
A Fourth of July celebration. St. Helena Island, South Carolina, 1939
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
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"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" is a traditional spiritual first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. The best-known recording was release
Saint Helena Island (South Carolina)
…from whence came the belief among the slaves that upon emancipation, all would be given forty acres (16 hectares) and a mule. The Negro spiritual "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" originated on Saint Helena Island in the 1860s. Leigh Richmond Miner photographed the island. A book of his photographs of the island was published…
A man works a cornfield on St. Helena Island, where "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" was first attested.