There
was no whaling from Georgia
ports and few if any Georgians
ever went whaling on northern
ships. But in Georgia and
South Carolina were fine stands
of live oak, harvested for
use as ship's timbers in northern
shipyards in the 19th century.
Also, much of the cotton
used for sails was grown
in the American South, and
was loaded onto ships in
Savannah, Charleston, and
the Gulf ports for transport
to the northern factories.
African-American stevedore
songs from these ports were
also the original source
of the chanteys
(shipboard work songs) sung
by whalemen.
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