| 11. | The city is surrounded by rice plantations primarily belonging to the tribes of the region.
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| 12. | By 1830, eighty-five percent of inhabitants of rice plantations in the Low Country were slaves.
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| 13. | Augusta developed rapidly as a market town as the Sea Island cotton and rice plantations
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| 14. | Such properties were once used for rice plantations, using a rice variety brought from Africa.
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| 15. | In 1856, he inherited a rice plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina and moved there.
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| 16. | Eventually, the land would become the site of Revolutionary War skirmishes and later a rice plantation.
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| 17. | The main economy is based on agriculture ( rice plantations ), furniture industry and ceramic tiles.
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| 18. | It is also known for its fine food and vast sugar and rice plantations in Central Luzon.
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| 19. | The community takes its name from Litchfield Plantation, a rice plantation founded early in the 18th century.
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| 20. | During the Civil War, most planters left their rice plantations and permanently relocated to their summer estates.
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