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  • E. Economic Activity in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

C. Rice

African American Workers Thresh Rice with a Flail | History of SC Slide Collection
African American Workers Thresh Rice with a Flail | History of SC Slide Collection

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African-American workers thresh rice with a flail around 1910, a technique that is probably African in its origins. Lowcountry planters in colonial South Carolina sought out slaves from the Rice Coast...
Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor: African American Workers Loading Rice on a Ship | History of SC Slide Collection
Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor: African American Workers Loading Rice on a Ship | History of SC Slide Collection

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An Alice Huger Ravenel Smith watercolor of African-American workers loading rice on a ship to send to market. Note the use of "head-toting" as a way of moving the heavy rice sacks. Courtesy of the...
Workers "Pounding Rice the Hard Way" | History of SC Slide Collection
Workers "Pounding Rice the Hard Way" | History of SC Slide Collection

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Workers on the Hobcaw Barony plantation around 1900 are "pounding rice the hard way," according to the caption. This pounding system is African in origin. The blows loosen the husks from the rice...
Winnowing House on the Mansfield Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection
Winnowing House on the Mansfield Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winnowing house on the Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown County. Rice was brought into the upper story of the winnowing house, and was slowly sifted through a hole in the floor. As the heavier...
Winnowing Rice with a Fanner Basket | History of SC Slide Collection
Winnowing Rice with a Fanner Basket | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winnowing rice with a fanner basket near Beaufort, in 1907. The sweet grass baskets now sold as decorative items in Charleston area open air markets were originally essential pieces of home and field...
Harvesting Rice Using Modern Methods and a Tractor | History of SC Slide Collection
Harvesting Rice Using Modern Methods and a Tractor | History of SC Slide Collection

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Harvesting rice, using modern methods and a tractor. Photo by Stan Lewis, around 1950. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
A Rice Raft with Plantation Hands | History of SC Slide Collection
A Rice Raft with Plantation Hands | History of SC Slide Collection

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"A rice raft with plantation hands, near Georgetown." From a Keystone View Company stereograph card, around 1890. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
Workers Flooding the Rice Fields Watercolor by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith | History of SC Slide Collection
Workers Flooding the Rice Fields Watercolor by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith | History of SC Slide Collection

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A watercolor by Alice Huger Ravenel Smith of workers flooding the rice fields. Courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association.
Flooding a Rice Field at High Tide | History of SC Slide Collection
Flooding a Rice Field at High Tide | History of SC Slide Collection

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Flooding a rice field at high tide. From Keystone View Company stereograph card, around 1890. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection
Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection

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A stereograph card shows hoeing rice "the old way." Hoe culture was the predominant method of working the soil in traditional agricultural societies, and was only slowly replaced by the use of mule...

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