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The field work on Southern plantations was done almost exclusively by slaves. These plantations often consisted of cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco and were very labor intensive.

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Who worked on the plantations in the southern colonies?

SLAVES


In the Americas most African slaves were sold to work .?

They worked in southern plantation states.


What was the southern colonies economic like?

the southern colonies ecconomy was mainly based on production by the slaves. slaves worked on the fields of plantations to keep the flow of money moving...


Who were true of southern planters except that they?

There were many things true about Southern planters. Southern farmers often owned slaves, worked large plantations, and harvested crops like tobacco, cotton, and sugar.


Who owned the plantations in southern US?

the gypsies owned the plantations in the southern US.


What was the region of large Southern Plantations called?

The region of LARGE southern plantations was called the "Black Belt"


Why was the economy of the southern colonies so dependent on large plantations when most of colonists lived and worked on small farms?

The economy of the southern colonies was so dependent because they believed in helping eachother out.


What did men slaves do?

they worked on plantations


How were plantations in the southern colonies differents from small farms?

Southern colonies had rich soil and warm climate


Were the farms in middle colonies as large as the farms in southern colonies?

The Middle Colonies had farms but not plantations. Southern Colonies had plantations and farms. (The plantations were bigger than the farms.)


The economy of the Southern Colonies was?

The Southern Colonies were of an agrarian economy, so they worked in agriculture, which called for plantations for the crops and the slaves to work on the crops. This became so deeply rooted that this is why the Southern Colonies that were soon to be the Southern States wished for slavery to be legal in the US.


Who work on plantations?

The People who worked on plantations back then were slaves that were taken away from their families.