along the ashley...
A view of the former rice fields along the Ashley River of the Magnolia Plantation. Rice was a major crop during the mid 1700's to 1800's in this area of South Carolina. Slaves were used to sew and harvest this labor intensive crop and when slavery ended, so did large scale production. Also growing competition from overseas countries made US rice production less profitable. Rice hasn't been grown in scale in this area for over 100 years....
along the ashley...
A view of the former rice fields along the Ashley River of the Magnolia Plantation. Rice was a major crop during the mid 1700's to 1800's in this area of South Carolina. Slaves were used to sew and harvest this labor intensive crop and when slavery ended, so did large scale production. Also growing competition from overseas countries made US rice production less profitable. Rice hasn't been grown in scale in this area for over 100 years....