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Several acres, possible 10-20

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Q: How big were cotton plantations?
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What did the southern colonies do on there normal days?

Well...all they did was use big farms(plantations) to harvest cotton.


What did tobacco plantations have that cotton plantations didnt?

When you plant upland cotton, which is what most of the cotton plantations had, it destroys the topsoil. Tobacco plantations didn't destroy the land. The whole reason that they expanded westward was because they needed more soil to plant cotton on, because the soil they had was ruined.


Where did textile workers get their cotton?

obviously from the south where there were cotton plantations..


Plantations in Africa?

some plantations grow coffee,cotton,and tea for export


How was cotton gathered on slave plantations?

At the beginning of the 19th century, cotton plantations dominated the agriculture of the Deep South. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney fostered a more efficient way to harvest cotton. The invention removed seeds from the cotton plants which previously was done inefficiently by hand by slaves on the cotton plantations. The seeding of the cotton was still done by hand, however. The cotton gin would help gather the cotton plants' seeds. The cotton was planted in deep seeding patches anywhere from three to six feet apart. Cotton seeds were planted in April and were ready for harvest as soon as June.


Why did cotton gin create a greater demand for slaves?

more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex


What are tea and cotton farms called?

plantations


What are the large farms cotton is grown on?

plantations


What led up to slavery?

the growth of cotton plantations and the invention of the cotton gin.


What did tobacco plantations have that sugar and cotton plantations didnt?

a larger percentage of female slaves-apex


Why was the growing of cotton linked to slavery?

slaves were used on plantations to grow and pick the cotton


What types of plantations were found in the south?

Cotton & Tobacco