11. Laurel Grove was a prosperous plantation that grew oranges, sea island cotton , peas, and potatoes. 12. "They paid for it with 30, 000 pounds of sea island cotton , " she says. 13. The house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton . 14. Some are the progeny of slaves who harvested indigo and Sea Island cotton on these barrier islands. 15. The president, he added, likes full-cut trousers and his hand-sewn white Sea Island cotton and French blue shirts. 16. High quality, sea island cotton exceeded all other long-staple cottons in fiber length, as well as fineness and strength. 17. The stakes were high : the Sea Island cotton harvest represented a lucrative commodity for Northern investors to control. 18. The servant testifies that the accused would not have dreamed of wearing anything other than sea island cotton or silk. 19. Sea Island cotton was grown on Cumberland Island, and short-staple cotton was grown on the mainland along with sugar cane.20. The plantation continued to produce a valuable crop of Sea Island cotton until 1917, when the boll weevil reached Edisto Island.
