Editing Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (section)

===Scanlonville===
Some freedmen developed Scanlonville, one of the first African-American communities to be formed after the Civil War in the Charleston area. Today, it is a neighborhood within Mount Pleasant that has been annexed by the city. Robert Scanlon, a freedman carpenter, purchased the {{convert|614|acre|ha|adj=on}} property known as Remley's Plantation, bordering Charleston harbor along the [[Wando River]] in Mount Pleasant. Scanlon was the president and founder of the Charleston Land Company, formed by 100 local freedmen who pooled their limited resources and paid $10 per share, to purchase large tracts of land in the area. The Charleston Land Company divided this tract into smaller lots so freedmen could have their land. Remley's Plantation was divided into farm lots and city lots (which were smaller) to form the community of Scanlonville. The Charleston Land Company and Scanlonville are one of four known cooperative real estate development ventures among African-American freedmen after the Civil War. [[Remley Point Cemetery]] is in Scanlonville.
[[File:Shem Creek Boats.JPG|thumb|Fishing boats on Shem Creek]]