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Slaves enabled southern plantation owners to obtain wealth by growing sugar indigo and what?
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Cotton.
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What did southern plantation owners use instead of money?
slaves, crops
What did southern plantation owners use insted of money?
Tools to use against slaves.
Why would plantation owners prefer slaves instead of indentured slaves?
The children of female slaves didn't need to be bought.
Why did the plantation system come to play such an important role in the Southern economy?
The overwhelming majority of slaves were field hands, picking cotton and planting and harvesting rice, tobacco, and sugar cane. The occupational distribution of slaves reflected the nature of the economy and society of the South.
Why did owners need slaves?
The whole slavery thing was for economic reasons. some needed slaves to work on their plantation, some needed slaves to work at home as servants, and other needed slaves to serve in armies. Remember slaves were an unpaid labor force.
Slaves enabled southern plantation owners to obtain wealth by growing what?
The main thing that was grown in the South was cotton because it was worth a lot of money. Also tobacco was sold right after it was grown.
Where did slaves live in the southern plantation?
Slave Quarters
What did southern plantation owners use instead of money?
slaves, crops
How did the southern colony make a living?
The Southern Colonies made a living by growing cash crops like tobacco and indigo and by using slaves for cheap labor. In the south they used the plantation system in which many of the plantations were self-sufficient.
What purpose did spirituals serve on southern plantation?
Spirituals were used in worship by African-American slaves on southern plantations. They were also used to deliver messages that the slaves did not want the plantation owners to understand.
Often the most dangerous tasks on a southern plantation were given to the?
strongest slaves
The most dangerous tasks on a southern plantation were given to the?
strongest slaves
What did southern plantation owners use insted of money?
Tools to use against slaves.
How did southern plantation children learn?
Southern plantation children typically learned from private tutors or governesses hired by their parents. They were taught subjects such as reading, writing, arithmetic, languages, music, and etiquette. Some children may have also been taught by older family members or overseers on the plantation.
Who depended mostly on slaves in the southern colonies?
slave owners, slave traders, and plantation owners.
In the Americas most African slaves were sold to work .?
They worked in southern plantation states.
Who beniffited from the slave trade?
Those who benefited from the slave trade included European colonial powers, slave traders, plantation owners, and industries reliant on cheap labor. The economic gains from the slave trade were significant for these groups, leading to wealth accumulation and economic development in Europe and the Americas.
