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Tobacco and Cotton
Yes. It was actually a staple crop along with rice.
Tobacco, indigo, rice, sugar, and hemp.
Indigo was the major cash crop, but rice and cotton were a close second.
The plantation system was developed in the Southern colonies of the US. A plantation system/economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations.
Native corn, much like American sweet corn, is the staple in southern Africa
South Carolina sent indigo to Massachusetts for their manufacturing needs of the garment industry. There was a huge market for low cost dyes both in the colonies, as well as in Europe. Many South Carolina planters switched to indigo when they saw rice prices plummeting.
tobacco, rice, and indigo. all were staple crops
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By 1750 The Southern plantation colonies all practiced slavery. All 13 colonies practiced slavery. Georgia and South Carolina did produce staple crops for export (Crops that can be stored for later use), but North Carolina had smaller farms than either South Carolina or Georgia and participated mostly in timber and cattle farming when it comes to economics