Sea Islands

Sea Islands

Map of the Sea islands
Sea Islands
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Total islands	Over 100
Administration
United States

The Sea Islands are a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States. Numbering over 100, they are located between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns Rivers along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The largest of these is Johns Island in South Carolina. The Sea Islands, particularly Sapelo Island, are home to the Gullah people.

History[]

Settled by indigenous cultures over thousands of years, the islands were selected by Spanish colonists as sites for founding of colonial missions. Historically the Spanish influenced the Guale and Mocama chiefdoms by establishing Christian missions in their major settlements, from St. Catherine's Island south to Fort George Island (at present-day Jacksonville, Florida).^[1]

After President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became effective on January 1, 1863, more than 5,000 slaves on Union-occupied islands obtained their freedom.^[2]

Major Sea Islands[]

South Carolina[]

Charleston County[]

Colleton County[]

• Bear Island

Beaufort County[]

Georgia[]

Chatham County[]

Liberty County[]

McIntosh County[]

Glynn County[]

Camden County[]

Florida[]

Nassau County[]

• Amelia Island

Duval County[]

• Big Talbot Island
• Little Talbot Island

See also[]

• Sea Island cotton
• Carolina Gold rice
• Sea Island red peas

References[]

Further reading[]

• Gibson, Count D. (1948). Sea Islands of Georgia—Their Geologic History. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820334943. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

External links[]

• Sea Islands: Erosion Remnant Islands and Barrier Islands -- Beaufort County Library