Plantation Agriculture Shaped Early American Farming
Plantation agriculture played an important role in the development of early American agriculture, beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries and expanding across the southeastern colonies as farmers cultivated crops suited to the region’s climate. Tobacco, rice, and eventually cotton became important plantation crops, while many other farms focused primarily on producing food for their families.
In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold examines the beginnings of plantation agriculture in colonial America, its geographic expansion, and the role different crops…
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