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Rice Fields And Slavery

Like the sugar cane crop in the Caribbean, South Carolina needed an export crop.

02/21/2023

The Steeple

Rice Fields And Slavery

Episode 7 | 25m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

Like the sugar cane crop in the Caribbean, South Carolina needed an export crop.

In Episode 7: Like the sugar cane crop in the Caribbean, South Carolina needed an export crop for England and the king. Rice production filled that need. But, the labor required to make it work was a challenge. The slaves built a system that would generate wealth unlike anything ever seen in its day.

02/21/2023

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The Steeple

Rice Fields And Slavery

Episode 7 | 25m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

In Episode 7: Like the sugar cane crop in the Caribbean, South Carolina needed an export crop for England and the king. Rice production filled that need. But, the labor required to make it work was a challenge. The slaves built a system that would generate wealth unlike anything ever seen in its day.

02/21/2023

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