Many of the plantations that used slaves grew tobacco, a profitable crop back then.
Many slaves in the Caribbean worked on sugar plantations. Others worked in industries such as coffee, tobacco, and cotton.
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
many kinds, mostly friuts and vegetables corn was very popular back then
Because they were trying to take away slavery. Southerners needed slaves their plantations.
Many were brought from Africa and sold at slave auctions. Others were born to slaves already on the plantations.
The North had many factories and producing clothes etc. The South was slaves working on plantations growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
Very few large plantations that needed a large number of workers.
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
The North had many factories and producing clothes etc. The South was slaves working on plantations growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
Plantations required a large number of slaves due to the labor-intensive nature of agricultural work like planting, tending, and harvesting crops. The profitability of plantations relied on having a cheap and abundant workforce to cultivate and process the crops for export. Many slaves were needed to provide the necessary labor for large-scale production at plantations.
Because in the south there were a lot of rice and tobacco crops to be picked,therefore the farmers needed slaves to work on the field and farm.