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The beauty of the Historic Secession Oak, Bluffton, SC
Historic Oak: the Secession Tree
Commemoration of the Secession call by Congressman Barnwell Rhett under the 400 hundred year old live oak in Bluffton, SC, on July 31st 1844, in front of an assembly of planters (almost 500 people), near the May River.
The property initially belonged to the Baynards, who also owned land and a plantation in Hilton Head (see my photos of the Baynard Ruins in HH album), it is now privately owned by Anna and Carl Sharp.
On July 31st 1844, Barnwell Rhett delivered a fiery speech against the 1842 Federal Tariff Law, which clearly disadvantaged Southern economy and was designed to benefit North East products. He made an early call for Secession under that oak, though South Carolina did not secede until 1860
L1063989
The beauty of the Historic Secession Oak, Bluffton, SC
Historic Oak: the Secession Tree
Commemoration of the Secession call by Congressman Barnwell Rhett under the 400 hundred year old live oak in Bluffton, SC, on July 31st 1844, in front of an assembly of planters (almost 500 people), near the May River.
The property initially belonged to the Baynards, who also owned land and a plantation in Hilton Head (see my photos of the Baynard Ruins in HH album), it is now privately owned by Anna and Carl Sharp.
On July 31st 1844, Barnwell Rhett delivered a fiery speech against the 1842 Federal Tariff Law, which clearly disadvantaged Southern economy and was designed to benefit North East products. He made an early call for Secession under that oak, though South Carolina did not secede until 1860