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Saint Helena Island

Island

Photo: Marion Post Wolcott, Public domain.

Saint Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21. The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi and a population of 8,763 as of the 2010 census.

Penn Center

School

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The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African-American cultural and educational center in the Corners Community on Saint Helena Island. Founded in 1862 by Quaker and Unitarian missionaries from Pennsylvania, it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African-Americans. Penn Center is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Beaufort County Library Saint Helena Branch.

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins

Church

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St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins is a historic site in Frogmore, South Carolina on Saint Helena Island. The Anglican chapel was constructed in 1740 by enslaved people on Saint Helena Island as a chapel of ease for parishioners who had difficulty traveling to worship at the Parish Church of St. St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins is situated 2 miles southwest of Beaufort County Library Saint Helena Branch.

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