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There was labor available to work fields, but if it was white labor you had to pay them. A slave received no pay, minimal housing and no healthcare, so they were much cheaper to use to do the same work as a freeman could do. It was a matter of economics.
People who came to the new world wanted to set up income producing estates like the ones they came from in Europe (especially England). Because of the custom of primogeniture the eldest sons inherited the estates in England. The younger sons had to make their own way and many came to America and set up plantations. Since they didn't have enough cash on hand to purchase the land and set up income producing plantations they turned to unpaid slave labor. They used the backbreaking toil of slaves to enrich themselves and to reproduce the fine lifestyle they had enjoyed in England with slaves instead of paid servants.
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Who were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations?
Slaves were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations.
What relation did tobacco have with slavery?
Many of the plantations that used slaves grew tobacco, a profitable crop back then.
What did slaves pick on Southern US farms and plantations?
Primarily, cotton and tobacco.
Who worked on southern plantations?
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.
What did slaves do as labor?
they worked on farms or plantations like cotton, sugar or tobacco. the labor was often intense.
Why were many slaves needed in tobacco plantations?
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.
What did tobacco plantations have that sugar and cotton plantations didnt?
a larger percentage of female slaves-apex
Who provided the labor to grow tobacco on PLANTATIONS?
Slaves were the main labor source for large plantations.
A difference between tobacco plantations and cotton and sugar plantations was that tobacco plantations had?
One produced tobacco, the other produced sugar.
Who were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations?
Slaves were brought to America to farm tobacco on plantations.
What were slaves use for in Virginia?
They were used for farming the tobacco and wheat plantations.
What relation did tobacco have with slavery?
Many of the plantations that used slaves grew tobacco, a profitable crop back then.
What did slaves pick on Southern US farms and plantations?
Primarily, cotton and tobacco.
Why did people need slaves?
They needed slaves to work on the big plantations.
Who worked on southern plantations?
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.
Why were slaves needed in sugar plantations?
SLAVES AND SUGAR PLANTATIONS Slaves were needed to harvest the crops in the sugar plantations. They were needed for affordable labor, but only because they were also producers of children, who became new slaves. So in addition to revenue from cotton and sugar, the slaveowners also received revenue from the sale of slaves, especially after the importation of new slaves was prohibited.
Why did southern states have biggest population of slaves?
They needed slaves to work on their plantations.
