Black Labor, White Rice: Creating the Rice Kingdom

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VIRTUAL PROGRAM – In the middle of the 17th century, rice was introduced into Carolina Province near Charles Town. Using thousands of enslaved Africans, plantation owners began to amass great wealth. Yet, it came at a price. The entire landscape of the Lowcountry of South Carolina was literally and figuratively reshaped. Five centuries later, the tale is still being told. Join Richard Porcher, renowned conservationist and prolific author, professor emeritus at the Citadel and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Clemson University for a look at how the South Carolina rice kingdom was created.

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