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At the beginning of the 19th century, cotton plantations dominated the agriculture of the Deep South. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney fostered a more efficient way to harvest cotton. The invention removed seeds from the cotton plants which previously was done inefficiently by hand by slaves on the cotton plantations. The seeding of the cotton was still done by hand, however. The cotton gin would help gather the cotton plants' seeds. The cotton was planted in deep seeding patches anywhere from three to six feet apart. Cotton seeds were planted in April and were ready for harvest as soon as June.
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∙ 9y agoCotton was planted and gathered by slaves on slave plantations. They would pick it and load it on wagons or carrying to the barns.
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∙ 13y agothey did it by wearing big bags around there neck and then picked them and put them in the bag to be sent to the big house and if they didn't pick enough they would get whipped!
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Which type of plantation was the hardest to work on for a slave?
Large southern cotton and tobacco plantations were considered to be the hardest for a slave to work. These plantations were tough to farm and required work at all hours of the day and night.
Why were southern states against the abolition of slavery?
Because they were the cotton-growers, whose plantations depended on slave labour.
Why did the upper south not rely as heavily on slave labor as the lower south?
The upper South did not have to rely as heavily on slave labor because their farms were smaller. The lower South had huge cotton plantations.
What was the major economy of the southern colonies?
The South was a cash crop economy of cotton and tobacco.
Where were slave plantations?
slave plantations started in the first 13 colonies...it started in the years of1820 thru 1860
Why people want slave?
The cotton plantations were very work-intensive. Non-slave labour would have been uneconomic.
What is the significance of the proximity of slave trade centers to the cotton-growing plantations?
Because the location of the slave trade centers in the south the slaves were able to provide the labor to produce the cotton.
What tools were used on slave plantations?
Tools used on slave plantations included items such as hoes, axes, plows, and sickles for agricultural work. Whips were also used as a means of punishment and coercion. Other tools included items for construction, such as shovels and hammers.
Which type of plantation was the hardest to work on for a slave?
Large southern cotton and tobacco plantations were considered to be the hardest for a slave to work. These plantations were tough to farm and required work at all hours of the day and night.
Was surgar plantations in Brazil the reason for increase in the transatlantic slave trade?
No. The American colonies were the reason and the growth of more cotton after the cotton gin was invented.
What is the economy in the souther colonies?
it was relying on the indian slave trade and plantations like rice and tobacco and indigo and cotton.
Why were southern states against the abolition of slavery?
Because they were the cotton-growers, whose plantations depended on slave labour.
How is cotton and slavery connected?
In the US in the antebellum days cotton plantations were 50% of all US exports. That was in 1860. For generations, the huge cotton plantations were worked by teams of slaves. Eventually the morality of slavery became an intellectual and political topic.In economics as well. With that said, the cotton industry was dependent on slave labor and thus connected.
What activities was common in the Southern colonies but not the New England colonies?
Cotton and tobacco growing and slave trading. While Rhode Island did have quite a lot of slave trading, the Southern colonies had huge plantations with slave labor. Slaves were bought and sold and forced to work on these plantations with no pay and poor conditions.
What is the significance of the proximity of slave trade centers to the cotton growing plantations?
They grew because people needed more slaves to pick the cotton because they were growing more after the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney
Where do come blackies from?
The blackies came in the beginning as slaves in the U.S.A , they were house servants and worked in cotton plantations , but they were brought by slave traders from Africa.
What did tobacco plantations have that cotton plantations didnt?
When you plant upland cotton, which is what most of the cotton plantations had, it destroys the topsoil. Tobacco plantations didn't destroy the land. The whole reason that they expanded westward was because they needed more soil to plant cotton on, because the soil they had was ruined.
