They supervised the work of slaves. If slaves did not follow orders, they also punished the slaves.
The region of LARGE southern plantations was called the "Black Belt"
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To Provide inexpensive labor on Large Plantations!
the replacement of large plantations with smaller farms (novanet)
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.
The region of LARGE southern plantations was called the "Black Belt"
The region of large southern plantations was the Southern United States, specifically the states that were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War. This region was known for its extensive agricultural production, particularly of cotton, tobacco, and rice, which relied heavily on slave labor.
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Southern colonies had rich soil and warm climate
The Middle Colonies had farms but not plantations. Southern Colonies had plantations and farms. (The plantations were bigger than the farms.)
mabye maybe not...:p
large plantations
They were grown in the Southern Plantations
Southern plantations were large and needed many workers, but most southern colonists lived on small family farms. plantations, but small farms were much more common.
The economy of the southern states(not colonies) was dependent on large plantations due to the production of cotton, the souths cash crop during the 1800's.
Southern Colonies
Before the end of the US Civil War, slaves in the US Southern States worked primarily on large plantations. The so-called American South was basically an agriculturally based society. Due to economy of size, the most efficent plantations were large and produced among other products cotton and tobacco. Slaves were trained to do perform many of the jobs listed below: 1. Field workers to sow and harvest the crops of the plantation; 2. Perform work related to the livestock on the plantation; and 3. Perform domestic duties for the households of their owners.