Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853
Filled with color photographs and quotations from diaries of the period, this attractive and readable book details daily life of the master, his family, and his slaves on a Southern plantation. The plantation produced nearly everything that the family and slaves needed. Most important were the cash crops of rice and sugar, tobacco and hemp, with cotton the most important crop of the South.
Economic Concepts
- Goods and Services
- Producers/Production
- Capital Resources
- Human Resources
- Natural Resources
Grade Levels
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- U.S. History
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