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Carolina Gold Rice

Fanner baskets, used for winnowing rice, courtesy of Drayton Hall. In October, enslaved workers on Lowcountry rice plantations fanned the threshed grain in wide, flat baskets made by African basket-makers. These three baskets look strikingly similar, and demonstrate the continuation of this agricultural technique and art form from West Africa to the Lowcountry. The light brown basket on the left is from Senegal; the dark brown basket on the right belongs to the Drayton family and was made before the U.S. Civil War; the white basket at the top of the picture was made by an African American sweetgrass basket maker in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina in the early 2000s.

Mortar and pestle used for pounding rice to remove husks in rice growing regions of West Africa and the Lowcountry, photograph by Jane Aldrich, ca. 2000, image courtesy of Jane Aldrich and Drayton Hall.

Archaeological Footprint of Drayton Hall Kitchen
Image courtesy of Drayton Hall

Drayton Hall, a former plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, courtesy of Jane Aldrich, 2005.

The Gardens at Middleton Place [2005]
Image Courtesy of Middleton Place Foundation

Charleston Street [2005]
Image Courtesy of Jane Aldrich

Craftsmanship at Drayton Hall and Charleston
Images Courtesy of Jane Aldrich

View from the slave settlement at Drayton Hall, a former plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, courtesy of Jane Aldrich, 2005.

Foods Brought by the River
Image courtesy of Jane Aldrich

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