Yes. The carpetbaggers came in and bought land a few cents on the dollar. When this happens the neighbors loose the value of their land. They were all ready hurting due to the war, broke, crops ruined, and men were dead or wounded.
Virginia,massachusets, southern colonies.
Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia were reliant on cash crops.
I would think that a slave works on a plantation so it would know what that is.
they played with the slaves when the were little and as they grew older (if the dad didn't have a son) they would own the slaves and the plantation
They were the owners of the plantation and the slaves who did the work.
The first English colony in America to adopt the plantation economy was Virginia. Established in 1607, it became heavily reliant on the cultivation of tobacco, which required large tracts of land and a significant labor force. This led to the importation of enslaved Africans and indentured servants, establishing a model for plantation agriculture that would spread to other colonies in the South. The plantation economy significantly shaped the region's social, economic, and cultural landscape.
They turned it into the Arlington military cemetery - still there today.
no. Because they had overseers and the plantation owners would usually check or guard the plantation.
You would find working slaves
Plantation owners would rather buy slaves and grow tobacco.
After the Civil War, the north had control of the south. To ascertain this control, the north brought their own carpets with them because the south had wood floors, no carpet. They would wrap their furniture and belongings in their carpet to move. Hence the name "carpetbaggers."
it would be like hell