A late 19th Century illustration of wild ducks taking off from a paddy field in Carolina, USA. Rice was introduced in the mid-19th century. Emancipation in 1863 freed rice workers, but rice farming required hard, skilled work under extremely unhealthy conditions, and without slave labour, profits fell. Increasing automation in response came too late, and a series of hurricanes that hit Carolina in the late 1800s and damaged levees put an end to the industry.

A late 19th Century illustration of wild ducks taking off from a paddy field in Carolina, USA. Rice was introduced in the mid-19th century. Emancipation in 1863 freed rice workers, but rice farming required hard, skilled work under extremely unhealthy conditions, and without slave labour, profits fell. Increasing automation in response came too late, and a series of hurricanes that hit Carolina in the late 1800s and damaged levees put an end to the industry. Stock Photo

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3330 x 4252 px | 28.2 x 36 cm | 11.1 x 14.2 inches | 300dpi

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26 April 2012

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Carolina, USA

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