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the replacement of large plantations with smaller farms (novanet)
Jamaica was a large sugar producer during the sugar trade, and there were thousands of African slaves there to work on the plantations.
plantations and large family farms
The region of LARGE southern plantations was called the "Black Belt"
Many farms and ranches were neglected during the civil war.
With regard to the antebellum years or during the US Civil War, Black slaves provided the bulk of the labor on large cotton plantations. This ended gradually during the Civil War as Union troops captured territory in the South as the war progressed to its end in 1865.
Women
free slaves from the south
sugar plantations
Sugar plantations.
Factories, especially in the North were large enough to produce weapons, uniforms and the shipyards large enough to build warships. In the South which had been mostly an agricultural economy, the factories were not as numerous or of the same size of the established ones in the North. This is a general statement.
An owner of a large plantation owned 50 or more slaves and over 1,000 acres of land. An owner of a small plantation owned from 20 to 40 slaves and 100 to 1,000 acres of land.
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.
the replacement of large plantations with smaller farms (novanet)
large plantations owners in the south, opposed taxes that would lead to rise in prices and hurt sales to New England states
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.
Most large farms on many continents including Barbados are called plantations. African slaves were brought there during the 1600's because the indigenous population could not endure the rough work that was needed to harvest the sugar.