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This book examines the environmental and technological complexity of South Carolina inland rice plantations from their inception at the turn of the seventeenth century to the brink of their institutional collapse at the eve of the Civil War. Inland rice cultivation provided a foundation for the South Carolina colonial plantation complex and enabled planters' participation in the Atlantic economy, dependence on enslaved labor, and dramatic alteration of the natural landscape. Moreover, the growing population of enslaved Africans led to a diversely-acculturated landscape unique to the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Despite this significance, Lowcountry inland rice cultivation has had an elusive history. Unlike many historical interpretations that categorize inland rice cultivation in a universal and simplistic manner, this study explains how agricultural systems varied among plantations. By focusing on planters' and slaves' alteration of the inland topography, this book emphasizes how agricultural methods met the demands of the local environment.

Rice farming --- Slave labor --- Plantations --- Farms --- Forced labor --- Agriculture --- History. --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- South Carolina --- South Carolina (Colony) --- South Carolina (Province) --- I︠U︡zhnai︠a︡ Karolina --- Economic conditions. --- Environmental conditions.

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Experimental forests --- Human ecology --- History. --- South Carolina --- Environmental conditions