Agriculture has always been an important part of our lives here in South Carolina! 

When Rice Was King (10): Slave Lifestyle
Episode 10

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An essay called "The Successful Planter," published in 1832, outlined a system of every day life for slaves living on plantations. State law in the 1830s forbade the education of slaves, but many...
Supply And Demand For Cotton | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 6

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With the success of cotton in South Carolina, entrepreneurs in other states looked to cash in on the success of cotton plantations. When the cotton economy and market-shares begin to decline in S.C...
The Rise Of Cotton In SC | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 5

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With the invention of the “Cotton Gin” by Eli Whitney, combined with methods we would today call “scientific plant breeding,” the cotton industry boomed in South Carolina, in the early 19th century...