Historical Marker

History of Emancipation:

Tybee Island · Chatham County · Erected 2008

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The Story

Marks Maj. Gen. David Hunter's April 1862 order freeing people enslaved at Fort Pulaski and Cockspur Island after the Union capture; Lincoln overruled it, but it foreshadowed emancipation and Black enlistment.

About this site

History of Emancipation: is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County, erected in 2008. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0276, -80.8926 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cockspur Island Lighthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Waving Girl, John Wesley, and Freedom Ahead!.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0276, -80.8926 · Tybee Island, Chatham County

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