Colonial Economy

1607 - 1775. South Carolina was able to prosper during the colonial period by trade with the people of Barbados, rice and indigo planting and the practice of mercantilism.

PHOTO CREDIT: "Unloading Rice Barges, South Carolina, 1870s", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1164

 

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PHOTO CREDIT: "Unloading Rice Barges, South Carolina, 1870s", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1164

 

Pirates of the Carolinas 6
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 6

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

For a time, piracy was tolerated. Some would even say encouraged, based on the actions of many public officials in Carolina's port cities. Bargain prices were often paid by town merchants for ill...
Pirates of the Carolinas 1
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 1

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The adventures and exploits of pirates and buccaneers have long captured our imaginations. These sea bandits roved the ocean lanes in all parts of the world, from the waters off Africa and Europe and...
Pirates of the Carolinas 3
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 3

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Blackbeard was one of the most infamous pirates. It's thought that his real name was Edward Teach, and he is believed to have been from Bristol, England. A very tall man for the time period, in a time...
Slave Cabin | Expeditions Shorts
Slave Cabin | Expeditions Shorts

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Here at Nemors Plantation, in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Patrick McMillan shows us a nest of Black Vultures residing in an old, dilapidated slave cabin dating back to the 1700’s! One black...
Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection
Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The town of Camden was one of the first official settlements to be laid out in the interior of South Carolina in the 1730s. Settlers flooded into the backcountry during the quarter century of peace...
When Rice Was King (11): Dangers To The Rice Crop 11
When Rice Was King (11): Dangers To The Rice Crop
Episode 11

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Several dangers to rice crops included hurricanes, floods from the mountains, and swollen rivers. Damage ranged from minor, to total devastation. Animals, such as rice weevils, crows, and ducks, also...
When Rice Was King (6): Tidal Irrigation 6
When Rice Was King (6): Tidal Irrigation
Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Planters made the transition from swamp based rice-growing, to using tidal irrigation. With tidal irrigation, planters used a series of dikes and dams to control the flow of water into rice fields.
When Rice Was King (7): Georgetown 7
When Rice Was King (7): Georgetown
Episode 7

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

By 1800, Georgetown was known as the land where planters all made fortunes with rice plantations. In 1839, Georgetown alone produced nearly half of America's Rice.