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A typical tobacco plantation would use 100 slaves to work the fields. The south had over 2,320,000 slaves that was over 47 percent of its total population.
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∙ 11y agoTo pick all of the tobacco, the fields were large and there were many different jobs that needed to be done.
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What relation did tobacco have with slavery?
Many of the plantations that used slaves grew tobacco, a profitable crop back then.
How did the plantation system contribute to the use of enslaved people?
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
What would slaves grow on plantations?
many kinds, mostly friuts and vegetables corn was very popular back then
Why were many Southerns upset with Northern Abolitionists?
Because they were trying to take away slavery. Southerners needed slaves their plantations.
How did the slaves get on the plantations?
Many were brought from Africa and sold at slave auctions. Others were born to slaves already on the plantations.
How was the north different from south?
The North had many factories and producing clothes etc. The South was slaves working on plantations growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
Why weren't there as many slaves and new England compare to the south?
Very few large plantations that needed a large number of workers.
Where did many slaves work in the south?
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
How was the north economy different from the south?
The North had many factories and producing clothes etc. The South was slaves working on plantations growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
Why were there so many slaves in the south?
Because in the south there were a lot of rice and tobacco crops to be picked,therefore the farmers needed slaves to work on the field and farm.
How did settle from the English colony of Barbados develop the Carolina colony?
They set up large plantations with many slaves.
Why did the southern colonies become so dependent on the institution of slavery?
Plantations were huge and grew many crops, so they needed slaves to work the fields and in the house.
