He gave it to freedmen who followed his army.
give them back to their former owners.
William T. Sherman. was the first man to try the idea.
They were loyalists because they thought that England would win and they didn't want to lose their land
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
slave owners gave them free houses on their land. after slaves were declared free many chose to stay in those houses and work the land for a very minimal wage. Had they left the plantation they would likely not be able to find work and be homeless. Many placed in that position moved up north and worked toward building Americas manufacturing industries.
give them back to their former owners.
Give them back to their owners.
The plantation system was the division of the land into smaller parcels that were under private ownership. The plantation system started in Virginia.
What do you mean by the term abandoned land? Land that nobody is interested to buy or to use? Land that belongs to the state e.g. mountains etc?
Matthew Johnson 7SG Queens School
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
The land now know as Oak Alley Plantation was part of a very large estate that was a working plantation in the early 1800s. Officially, most people think of the land becoming Oak Alley Plantation when Jacques Roman completed his Big House mansion in 1839. The trees on the land are nearly 300 years old, however, since they were planted long before the family owned the land.
The area of Millford Plantation is 2,881,361.7727488 square meters.
pony land
A servant working in a plantation or a portion of cultivated land.
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They own more land and slaves.