people of the south: plantation system
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The Southern Region’s History
A Plantation Economy
• Plantations: large farms that grow mostly one crop– Rice– Cotton– Hemp– Tobacco– Indigo– sugar
Inventions that helped Plantations
• Eli Whitney– Invented the cotton gin
• Eliza Lucas Pinckney– Encouraged people to grow indigo
• Norbert Rillieux– Invented evaporating pan
System of Slavery
• Big plantations were like small villages. They had houses, barns, fields, and warehouses.
• Needed a lot of workers.– Many owners chose to purchase African
slaves.
http://slaveryinamerica.org/narratives/nar_smerrick.htm
Plantation Owners
– Good homes– Good clothing– Jewels– Art
Slaves
• Rough cabins
• Little Clothing
• Little Furniture
• Owners could beat or sell them at any time.
Lavina Bell Narrative
Ebramsey NarrativeMarie Perkins Narrative
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