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What crops did African slaves grow?
Slaves were uses through out history to do just about anything. Slaves in the carribean were first brought in to harvest sugar cane for Europe. The malasses produced during the process led to the discovery of rum by slaves. Slaves in the US were many harvestors of cotton and tobacco. They also did mostly all manual labor including the construction of the Capitol and the first White House.
What did slaves pick on Southern US farms and plantations?
Primarily, cotton and tobacco.
How much did slaves pick?
Cotton slaves picked around 150-200 pounds of cotton a day per person.
What did african slaves grow?
3 of the main things they grew were sugar, tobacco and cotton
How did slaves gather cotton?
They picked cotton by hand. Hand picking was the only option until the 1950's when cotton picking machine was developed. Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794 to remove the seeds and pods from the picked cotton
What are the main 3 crops that slaves picked?
Cotton, Tobacco and sugar
How is cotton picked?
Cotton is currently picked by machine. They used to have slaves pick the cotton in the south by hand. You seem to have forgotton the people (both white & black) that picked cotton after the slaves & before the cotton picking machines.
What crops did slaves grow before cotton that started with the letter T?
Tobacco.
What was traded in Virginia?
Tobacco, cotton, indigo, and slaves.
Who picked the cotton on the plantation?
Back in the way back days, slaves did. HMMM! I was not a slave & I picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation!
What was traded in Virginia colony?
Tobacco, cotton, indigo, and slaves.
What kind of work did the slaves do?
They picked cotton and did chores for the white.
What resulted the African American slaves?
They picked cotton swiftly.
What crop led to the use of indentured servants and slaves in the new world?
tobacco in Virginia and also cotton
What other crops besides cotton did slaves used to harvest?
Slaves also harvested crops such as tobacco, indigo, rice, sugar cane, and various types of fruits and vegetables depending on the region and time period. These crops were labor-intensive and contributed to the economy of the southern United States.
How is cotton extraceted?
In today's society it is picked by a machine in the fields. Back before the machine was invented slaves or others did it by hand and picked out the seeds. Now the machine sorts and picks out the seeds.
What crops did African slaves grow?
Slaves were uses through out history to do just about anything. Slaves in the carribean were first brought in to harvest sugar cane for Europe. The malasses produced during the process led to the discovery of rum by slaves. Slaves in the US were many harvestors of cotton and tobacco. They also did mostly all manual labor including the construction of the Capitol and the first White House.
