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List of plantations in the United States - Wikipedia This is a list of plantations and or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and de
The Plantation System - National Geographic Society Unlike small subsistence farms, plantations were created to grow cash crops for sale on the market Tobacco and cotton proved to be exceptionally profitable Cheap labor was used to cut production costs and maximize profits
10 Most Famous Plantations - Have Fun With History A plantation is a farm that primarily grows one type of cash crop, with potentially some supplementary fields for food crops and other uses It is typically centered around a plantation house Cotton, coffee, tea, chocolate, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, fruits, rubber trees, and forest trees are only few of the crops cultivated here
20 Plantations You Should Visit in the United States - Money Inc Plantations are characterized by beautiful neoclassical mansions, eye-watering alleys, and they stand on acres of lush farmland Some famous Southern plantation houses have been featured in movies, and you cannot deny how incredible they look
Plantations, the Americas - Encyclopedia. com Plantation production developed along the coastal lowlands from Brazil to Chesapeake Bay and throughout the Caribbean islands where soil, climate, and ease of transport facilitated large-scale production
Plantation | Sugar Cane, Cotton Tobacco | Britannica Plantation, a usually large estate in a tropical or subtropical region that is cultivated by unskilled or semiskilled labour under central direction This meaning of the term arose during the period of European colonization in the tropics and subtropics of the New World, essentially, wherever huge
Plantation - Wikipedia Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on