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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why were afican slaves particulary suited to provide labor force? | 1-they had experince with rice2-they could stand unbarelbl heat and humitity |
| At first what was rice treated as? | as a regular crop and watered by rain and planted in feilds |
| in the mid-18th century what was it treated as? | good, inland swamps to grow rice by getting water in a resivoir then releasing the storded water onto the feild when it was needed |
| What did the resivoir requier? | skilled manipulation of tidal flows and salinefreshwater interactions |
| How much of land did slave hold responsible for? | 5 acres of rice, three more than had been possible previous |
| social status | owner, overseeres,driver,worker |
| What were a slave tasks for a day? | 9-10 hrs. of hard work |
| Who were the taskes assinged by? | driver |
| Driver | a slave apponited to supervise the dailey work of the feild hands. held the most responsiblity |
| in 1820 what did a rice plantation in george town produce?1860? | 300,000 pounds of rice incresed to 500,000 pounds |
| What was the chicora plantation know as? | Matanzas |
| Robert F W Allston produced how many pounds of rice? | 1,500,000 by 1860 |
| WHere was his plantation located?how many did he have? | peedee,7 with more than 4,000 acres e land on one and on the other 9,000 acres of pasture and timmber lands |
| On his farm he had how many slaves in 1850?? 1860?? | 401 630 |
| when did allston die? | april 7,1864 |
| Was allston an avid supporter of state rights? | yes |
| How long did allston serve in the south carolina house of representivesand state senet? | 24 years |
| When was allston governor? | 1856 to 1858 |
| IN george town how much did the rice production fall? | 54 million pounds in 1860 to 6 million ponds in 1870 |
| IN 1890 who took the spot for south carolina for rice production? | Texas and louisiana |
| Why would of the kitchen not be attache to the house? | 1 heat and 2 saftey |
| In 1860 how many plantations had more than 500 slaves? | 14 |
| How how many were rice plantations? | 9 |
| How many were on the waccama river? | 3 |
| Who had more than 1,000 slaves? | Joshua Ward |