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The Environmental History of a South Carolina Rice Field, with Dr. Russell Fielding

Where

Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium

When
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When settlers first arrived from Barbados in what is now South Carolina, they were in search of a way to create the large wealth-generating plantations that they had known in their Caribbean home. After several false starts with other crops, rice emerged as the dominant cash-crop in the area. To grow rice, however, involved the large-scale modification of the landscape from its previous state into a complex, human-controlled system of geography and hydrography. We will explore this transformation in detail as we study the various landscapes that make up Brookgreen Gardens. Free with garden admission.

Limit 24, for a reservation. CLASS IS FULL

 

 

 

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