The rice plantations along Lowcountry rivers were the most profitable lands in America. And, the most deadly for the enslaved who transformed the banks of the Combahee from primordial swamp into fields of Carolina Gold.
Eminent scholars explore the politicians, planters, soldiers and slaves in the run-up, prosecution and aftermath of war. The first episode released on Juneteenth sets up the story of the beginning of the end for rice on the Combahee.
1: The Beginning of the End
2: Robert Smalls Does the Impossible-MPLawrence S. Rowland, PhD
3: A Southerner's Worst FearBrent Morris, PhD
4: Abolition TheoriesEric Foner, PhD
5: Port Royal SoundLawrence S. Rowland, PhD
6: Big Gun Shoot DayEmory Campbell
7: Running to FreedomJames Tuten, PhD
8: Lincoln's Lifelong LearningVernon Burton, PhD
9: The Cosmology of West Central AfricaJason Young, PhD
10: Misplaced Visions of VictoryJames Tuten, PhD
11: The Port Royal ExperimentBrent Morris, PhD
12: The TranscendentalistsJoel Myerson, PhD
13: Differing Views on AbolitionBrent Morris, PhD
14: Evolution of the Task SystemJames Tuten, PhD
15: Emancipation Day at Camp SaxtonEmory Campbell
16: Lincoln's Potent PoliticsVernon Burton, PhD
17: Lincolns Emancipation ThreatEric Foner, PhD
18: A Meeting to Two WorldsEmory Cambell
19: Emancipation Into CapitalismJason Young, PhD
20: The Fate of Two RacesBernard Powers, PhD
21: What if Lincoln Had SurvivedEric Foner, PhD
22: The Fate of Rice is Set