To mark runaway slaves who climbed over.
slave owners, slave traders, and plantation owners.
Most of them were wealthy, religious, plantation owners.
Southern colonies
The rebellion of slaves that killed plantation owners in South Carolina was the Stono Rebellion in 1739. It was one of the largest slave uprisings in the British mainland colonies, where a group of slaves from the Kongo region rebelled against their owners and marched towards Spanish Florida.
Planters
Most were lawyers. Many were plantation owners , and a few businessmen. They were the cream of the colonies.
If you are asking about the American government the constitution was written by the elite of the colonies. They were lawyers, plantation owners, business owners, and the wealthy. The 55 men were the aristocracy of the colonies so there was no doubt who was in control from the very start. Washington was very wealthy, a plantation owner, and even distilled whiskey sold in the colonies.
The plantation owners had very cheap labor
arent plantation owners farmers?
Plantation Houses
English settlers African slaves, rich English plantation owners, English inductered servants
They were 54 men from the 13 colonies. Most were lawyers, plantation owners, or business owners. They were the elite and best educated of the colonies. The average age was 41 years old and the oldest was Franklin at 81.