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What did the slaves eat during the civil war?

they ate hard tack and bread but mostly the crops they planted


What are facts about the antebellum south?

they eat butt


What was the historical significance of plantations?

Plantations required slaves, and in the colonial period slaves from West Africa were taken to these plantations located in mainly the Carribean and Brazil. This influx of Africans is responsible for the high population of blacks in the modern-day countries that once held these plantations. The high black population also brought in much of African culture that still exists in these countries as well. When colonialism ended and these countries gained independence, they became very poor due in part to the fertile land being occupied by cash crops and not actual food (you can't eat cotton or tobacco). When these crops were eventually removed, the soil was completley destroyed in terms of fertility due to the aggresive nature of the cash crops they once substained. In summation, plantations are the main reason why almost all Carribean nations are so poor today.


What did the prisoners during the civil war eat?

Each other - in the last few weeks at Andersonville, when the Confederate troops and civilians were starving, and the prisoners were right at the bottom of the food chain. The prison-camps saw far worse atrocities than anything seen on a battlefield - gang murder and eventually cannibalism.


How was life in the Tidewater different from life in the backcountry South?

Well , tide waters were plantations near ocean areas or close to rivers and Back country south was life in the country as you may notice, but they differ in the way of works or jobs that are done. Tidewaters can grow plants that need a lot of water. Where as the Back country can't. So they grow bread and other things like that. Tidewaters grow stuff like beans and tomatoes and those sort of things.