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Successful Cultivation of Indigo by Eliza Lucas | History of SC Slide Collection

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Successful Cultivation of Indigo by Eliza Lucas | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

Beginning in 1740, experiments by Eliza Lucas (who later married Charles Pinckney - see Charles Pinckney's Town House) led to the successful cultivation of indigo, the source of a rich blue dye so...

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 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

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

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Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor: African American Workers Loading Rice on a Ship | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

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

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Workers "Pounding Rice the Hard Way" | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

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

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Winnowing House on the Mansfield Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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

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Winnowing Rice with a Fanner Basket | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

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

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Harvesting Rice Using Modern Methods and a Tractor | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

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

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A Rice Raft with Plantation Hands | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

"A rice raft with plantation hands, near Georgetown." From a Keystone View Company stereograph card, around 1890. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.