Aerial photograph of Sampit River flowing through the Friendfield Plantation
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: Ditto: SC- Georgetown, The Sampit River. This is Friendfield Plantation where Michelle Obama's great great grandfather was enslaved. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Sampit River flowing through Friendfield Plantation in South Carolina. The river can be seen in the bottom left corner flowing northeastward toward the top of the image. Remnant rice fields on the right appear light brown with patches of greener grass and clusters of taller, leafless trees interspersed. Vestigial canals can also be seen in these fields. Beyond the fields/lower vegetation, taller, greener trees are visible.
place: label: Place captured
content: Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Remnants of the Rice Culture
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.216.76
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David Soliday
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2618 pixels × 3934 pixels, 58.98 MB