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