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Why the planters feared that the sugar industry would be ruined after emancipation?
Planters had opposed emancipation, in part, because they believed that it would destroy their profit margin. They used economics to defend the need for slavery. They believed that they would be unable to afford to pay ex-slaves for work that they had previously done free.
Which crops were the main reason slavery became part of the colonial economy?
Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America’s southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation.
What did planters do to make a living?
To earn a living, planters grew some type of cash crop that could be sold for money or credit in order to buy needed tools, livestock, and household goods which could not be produced on the farm. Before the American Revolution, tobacco was the crop most Virginians grew and sold to English and Scottish merchants.
How did the average slave owning planter live?
The average slaveowning planter in the US South was living “high” and in a pretentious manner due to social pressure which was quite expensive but most were deeply in debt and in precarious financial circumstances.
Who was the founder of the Planters Company?
In 1906, Obici entered a partnership with Mario Peruzzi, the soon to be owner of Planters. Peruzzi had developed his own method of blanching whole roasted peanuts, doing away with the troublesome hulls and skins; and so with six employees, two large roasters, and crude machinery, Planters was founded.
What did planters do in the slave revolt?
As the political leaders, the elite planters wrote the slaves codes, beginning with the 1676 Virginia revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon. Slave codes deprived free blacks of their rights and helped to separate slaves from poor whites, many of whom began their colonial experiences as indentured servants.