Clemson University TigerPrints All Theses Theses 5-2019 Plantations, Planning & Patterns: An Analysis of Landscapes of Surveillance on Rice Plantations in the Ace Basin, SC, 1800-1867 Sada Stewart Clemson University,
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[email protected]. PLANTATIONS, PLANNING & PATTERNS: AN ANALYSIS OF LANDSCAPES OF SURVEILLANCE ON RICE PLANTATIONS IN THE ACE BASIN, SC, 1800-1867 A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science Historic Preservation by Sada Stewart May 2019 Accepted by: Dr. Carter Hudgins, Committee Chair Dr. Barry Stiefel Amalia Leifeste Lauren Northup ABSTRACT This thesis explores patterns of the rice plantation landscape of the ACE River Basin in South Carolina during the period of 1800-1860 to assess how planters surveilled enslaved workers. The research consisted of a cartographic study of historic plats of nineteen rice plantations, a sample of the ninety-one plantations that covered the region during the height of rice production in South Carolina. For each of the plantations, the next level of analysis was viewshed and line of sight studies after 3D Sketch-Up models were created from each the plat.