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Rice and the Carolina fortune
1690
Ashley River, South Carolina
Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carolina Gold rice made this the wealthiest colony in British North America, and the tidal-field techniques that grew it came from West African farmers who already knew how. Planters advertised specifically for captives from the rice coast.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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