SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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working in the fields and gardening
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doing laundry and carpentry
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blacksmithing and working in the flour mill
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many plantations raised several different kinds of crops. Besides planting and harvesting, there were numerous other types of labor required on plantations and farms. Enslaved people had to clear new land, dig ditches, cut and haul wood, slaughter livestock, and make repairs to buildings and tools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Concentrated in Virginia and Maryland, tobacco plantations utilized the largest percentage of enslaved Africans imported into the United States prior to the American Revolution. Rice and indigo plantations in South Carolina also employed enslaved African labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -T he early plantations used a mix of labour: European settlers, local indigenous peoples and African slaves. This combination was rarely successful in sugar: Europeans disliked the work and the indigenous peoples refused to do it. Thus sugar soon came to depend overwhelmingly on forced African slave labour.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ans: Plantation agriculture is a kind of commercial farming that focuses on a single crop, such as tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, bananas, or cotton. This form of farming necessitates a significant amount of labour and capital. The fruits and vegetables are prepared on the farm or in adjacent companies.