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large plantations
The region of LARGE southern plantations was called the "Black Belt"
Brownsville in Texas is the southern most point.
On plantations in southern colonies
The plantations were owned by economically well-off white people.
The southern colonies had the most slaves due to their reliance on labor-intensive crop production, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo. The warm climate and fertile soil also made it conducive to large-scale agricultural operations that required a significant labor force. Additionally, the plantation system that developed in the South further entrenched the institution of slavery.
southern plantations
Southern colonies had rich soil and warm climate
(Most) Southern cities don't enslave black people to pick cotton while on plantations they do.
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.
southern colonies
large plantations
Slaves
As the US Civil War unfolded, cotton plantations had spread from South Carolina. The movement from this state took a westward and southern direction with Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas becoming large cotton plantation states.
Some lived on plantations.
Tobacco plantations.
it was called Tidewater.