Rice Mobility

Plots	East Coast US (widths)	West Coast Africa (widths)
1	Hampton Island 2500’	Field 1 (1 section) 1800’
2	Magnolia Plantation 2700’	Field 2 (large River Bend) 1000’
3	Field 3 6000’	Field 2 (one plot in a vast island of fields) 150’
4	Field 4 1000’	Field 4 (corner lot in dog leg of river) 250’
5	Field 5 3500’	Field 5 (set between two flows Narrow Field) 220’ x 550’

South Carolina Rice Field tended by slaves.


















Modern day South Carolina Rice Field

West African Rice Field Levee system

West African Rice Field










My Rice fields on the east coast of the USA are located in and around the Charleston, South Carolina area. Some fields are still in use others are from the distant past located around old plantation sites that are now just bodies of water. On the Western Coast of Africa I chose fields across the river from the most notable city of Bissau, Republic of Guinea Bissau. These fields are located around large rivers and small inland tributaries the fields are sectioned off into smaller plots. The expanse of the fields in western Africa is much larger than that of the east coast but the style is quite similar. I noticed that on the east coast the fields were not sub divided as much as the ones in Western Africa.You can see the diffusion by the location and shape of the fields from West Africa to the the United States East coast. By examining my embedded map you will see the location and distance of my fields from place to place and how they differ. Both locations of the fields are coastal along notable flowing rivers that are no doubt affected by the tides.Which is essential for the operation, and the style of fields that have been developed. This tidal rice cultivation was unique to West Africa and without the transport of Slaves to South Carolina and with out their expertise in the formation and infrastructure involved in using tidal cultivation the rice industry would never have thrived in low country South Carolina as it did.