Enslaved Africans once lived and labored at Snee Farm in a slave community that extended south beyond today’s park boundary. The structures that once stood there were built of wood with post-in-ground foundations, and the archeological footprints outlined in modern brick reveal the small size of the living quarters. During most of the year on Lowcountry rice plantations, slaves worked under the task system rather than the dawn-to-dusk gang system. For an able bodied field hand, the task could vary from ¼ acre to ½ acre depending on the job required, while children and older people were assigned ½ task or ¼ task according to their abilities. After completing the assigned daily task, a person could hunt, fish, tend a garden, or make baskets, cast nets, quilts, and other essential items. Slaves also sold skins, fish, crops, and crafts at local markets. In spite of the harsh realities of the plantation system, enslaved Africans created and nurtured a language and culture known today as Gullah or Geechee.