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Men building supply shed at the Penn School, St. Helena, South Carolina, 1905, courtesy of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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A man grinding corn, from "The Sea Island Hurricane: The Devastation, 1894" article in Scribner Magazine, sketch by Daniel Smith, Sea Islands, South Carolina, 1894, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Rice field workers building dike on Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1916, courtesy of the Historic Charleston Foundation.

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(Left) Relief committee worker loading a horse cart for 1886 earthquake relief efforts, Harper's Weekly, Charleston, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives. (Right) Charleston residents in line to receive rations from the Subsistence Committee after the 1886 earthquake, Harper's Weekly, 1886, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

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Rice field worker ditching at Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1916, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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Rice field workers ditching at Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1916, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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Rice field workers building a barrier wall of a dike at Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1916, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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A man making repairs to a woman's cabin, St. Helena, South Carolina, 1905, courtesy of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Men building ditches in Saxtonville, South Carolina, 1913, courtesy of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Two Sea Islanders carting rations to other survivors of the storm, from Scribner's Magazine, "The Sea Island Hurricane: The Devastation, 1894," drawing by Daniel Smith, Sea Islands, South Carolina, 1893, courtesy of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

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