USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The large Farms in the Southern Colonies were called Plantations, and were usually named after the family that owned them, or the place that family originated from. They usually grew tobacco, cotton, rice or indigo; and used either slave labor or indentured servants to do so.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus after time, a plantation came to describe large areas of land that were devoted to agriculture, rather than a new settlement or colony. By the end of the 1600s, the Virginia tobacco economy was thriving. Tobacco profits helped to buy indentured servants and slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -The long growing season and warm, damp climate of the Southern Colonies made the region perfect for growing tobacco and rice. Many southern planters became very wealthy exporting these cash crops to other colonies and countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the lower South the majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations. Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer slaves, although the largest plantations have several hundred. Cotton was by far the leading cash crop, but slaves also raised rice, corn, sugarcane, and tobacco.