LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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corn
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sugarcane and coffee beans
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strawberries
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citrus fruits
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many crops thrive in the tropical climates of South America. Cashews and Brazil nuts are cultivated. Fruits such as avocado, pineapple, papaya, and guava are also native to tropical South America. Two very important cash crops are coffee and cacao, which is the source of cocoa, the base ingredient in chocolate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most economically important are the pineapple, the rubber tree, tobacco, chinchona, cotton, and agave fiber plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Corn (maize), a native of tropical America and now a staple in countries around the world, is the most widely cultivated crop throughout the continent.
Detailed explanation-4: -The crops that were grown were called cash crops because they were harvested for the specific purpose of selling to others. The cash crops of the southern colonies included cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo (a plant that was used to create blue dye). In Virginia and Maryland, the main cash crop was tobacco.