USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

What is another name for a plantation owner?

A	planter
B	overseer
C	boss
D	slave

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -planter; farmer; husbandman; granger; sodbuster.

Detailed explanation-2: -An individual who owned a plantation was known as a planter. Historians of the antebellum South have generally defined “planter” most precisely as a person owning property (real estate) and 20 or more slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definitions of plantation owner. the owner or manager of a plantation. synonyms: planter. type of: farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster. a person who operates a farm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Generally plantation agriculture is considered as an example of subsistence farming.

Detailed explanation-5: -the owner or manager of a plantation. planter. farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster-a person who operates a farm.

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