Listen "Finding Georgetown Part 5"
Episode Synopsis
The story of rice and its impact on the trans-atlantic slave trade, the US economy, the Georgetown story or the history's of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida could not be adequatly told without telling the story of Joshua John Ward. He was the "rice king" who was almong the wealthiest plantation owners in the south, developed the long grain rice seed, the largest enslaver in the US, and the indiviual that owned my ancestors. Here's his story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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