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The areas they got here from were effectively often known as rice growers and it was not long before rice became a significant crop in North and South Carolina and the Georgia coast. Sadly, together with their knowledge of rice farming the slaves also brought the mosquito. Once in the Low Country, the mosquito bred and thrived. It was not long earlier than yellow fever and malaria additionally became part of the Low Country. Daufuskie Island is a well-known Gullah space that was delivered to the attention of most of the people by a movie known as Conrack. It was adapted from a guide written by Fripp Island, S.C., resident Pat Conroy (The Water is Extensive). It has lengthy been a joke on Daufuskie that the mosquito is their island chicken. According to natives on the island, the mosquitoes often discuss whether or not they are going to eat their … Read the rest