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8th century CE
Rice Incorporation into European Culture:
1st century CE
Rice Incorporation into African Culture:
- Portugal bring enslaved Africans to Brazil and South America
- In North America, the Spanish bring enslaved Africans to work on rice plantations, the biggest one in South Carolina
- South Carolina becomes a booming state for rice plantations
- By 1670, farmers in SC embraced rice as a crop for exporting
- Wealth in this state was built primarily on slave labor
- However, the slave trade also brought diseases, like malaria, to the New World which killed Europeans who grew it, increasing the demand for more slaves
Impact on Environment:
- Canals are built in SC to control flooding and manage irrigation
- Slave trade for the cultivation of rice brought and spread malaria
1680s
7th millenium BCE
ORIGIN
16th century CE
1520s