Carolina Gold Rice:: The Ebb and Flow History of a Lowcountry Cash Crop

by Richard Schulze

Book Overview

Carolina Gold, the celebrated variety of rice established in the South Carolina Lowcountry, perhaps saved the fledgling colony at the beginning of the eighteenth century and remained integral to the local economy for nearly two hundred years. However, the labor required to produce it encouraged the establishment of slavery, ultimately contributing to the region's economic collapse following the Civil War.

Richard Schulze, who reintroduced this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609496205
• ISBN13: 9781609496203
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Carolina Gold Rice

This book definitely opened my eyes to a new understanding of the important role rice played in the Lowcountry's history. I liked how the story was told with firm historical facts but also personal information from Schulze, who was a very interesting pioneer of the crop. Very good read...