History 3321E Lecture : Plantation Nexus 1660s-1860s
22 Mar 2012
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Nexus- a bond or link between members in a group. The plantation is crucial to understanding the american south. Serious social and economic implications to the south"s development. You cannot grow these things for export on a family farm. There was an attempt to enslave natives but this did not work because they could run away (not as noticeable as black slaves) Signed a contact to work for a certain amount of time// this was not slavery // unfree labour// need to leave britain is declining. Black africans// 1st blacks in 1619 )free not slaves) Very small number of whites had plantations or slaves. Evolution of the plantation: began to grow geographically moved with the westward frontier, tobacco kills the soil the most so they need to expand. 1763 british told the colonists they cold not move more west because the british keep getting into fights with the natives: move into the piedmont area.
