In South Carolina,

A) the slave population was the smallest of all the southern colonies.
B) sugar and tobacco were the main crops.
C) most enslaved people did field work under the task system, whereby individual slaves were assigned daily tasks.
D) rice plantations were generally much smaller than Virginia tobacco plantations.
E) slaveowners were generally much less wealthy than slaveowners in other southern colonies.

The task system was a common practice in South Carolina where slaves were assigned daily tasks instead of being supervised constantly. This allowed for some control and autonomy for the enslaved workers. Option A is incorrect because the slave population in South Carolina was actually one of the largest in the southern colonies. Option B is incorrect as rice was the main crop in South Carolina. Option D is incorrect as rice plantations in South Carolina were generally much larger than Virginia tobacco plantations. Option E is incorrect as some of the wealthiest planters in the country lived in South Carolina.