The correct answer is West Africa
The rice plantations were labor intensive and the farm holders relied on slave labor. The slaves working on the farms came from West Africa and were transported through the Atlantic. They comprised those captured in battle or sold as punishment
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154#:~:text=In%20an%20atmosphere%20of%20World,and%20resident%20aliens%20from%20Japan. This is the Link to FDR Executive Order 9066
The first women sent to prison for speaking out against the government.