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Tabby ruins at Chocolate on the northwest side of the island. Tabby refers to the building material which is adurable cement-like mixture of equal parts of water, sand, shell, and lime. These ruins are part of an antebellum plantation that was deserted following theCivil War. (Image credit: Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve)