The civil war affected the plantation owners in a major way. They could no longer use unpaid slave labor to plant and harvest their crops. They lost a great deal of their wealth since they could no longer afford to bring crops to market. The plantation owners wife now had to be responsible for cooking, child-rearing, and cleaning that was previously done by the slaves. They were mostly unprepared for the job.
Life on plantationsMany plantations used African slaves for the hard labor, such as cotton, rice, indigo or tobacco.
An owner of a large plantation owned 50 or more slaves and over 1,000 acres of land. An owner of a small plantation owned from 20 to 40 slaves and 100 to 1,000 acres of land.
1000 acres
The Chinese were never slaves in America-- yes, they were treated very poorly and payed minimally, but they were never brought down to the level of African slaves (unless they were kidnapped Coolies or prostitutes, but the former went mostly to South America). Interesting question though; after the Civil War when the African slaves were for the most part "free," Southern plantation owners thught that they would be able to use Chinese laborers as a replacement source of cheap labor; however, the Chinese got wise and made the plantation owners draft contracts, and if the plantation owner was to breach his contract with the Chinese, they would sue and usually win their case. Clever :)
research suggests that Jim04 James Morrison ESQ.was a slave owner in British Guiana; Berbice Plantation. He died in 1859
Life on plantationsMany plantations used African slaves for the hard labor, such as cotton, rice, indigo or tobacco.
the plantation owner's family the plantation owner's slaves
Who was the plantation owner
A plantation owner was the person who owned the property and the slaves that worked on it.
A plantation owner oversees operations and makes certain that the crops are planted and harvested. They are the manager of the plantation.
A plantation owner oversees operations and makes certain that the crops are planted and harvested. They are the manager of the plantation.
A plantation owner was a person that owned slaves and a farm that the slaves worked on
the overseer ran the plantation maybe buy slaves
Who was the plantation owner
An owner of a large plantation owned 50 or more slaves and over 1,000 acres of land. An owner of a small plantation owned from 20 to 40 slaves and 100 to 1,000 acres of land.
poor white people, who did not even own slaves, it was the plantation owner who did.
After the Civil War, a plantation owner in the North may have faced financial difficulties due to the end of slavery and the restructuring of the agricultural economy. Some may have transitioned their operations to other crops or diversified their investments. Others may have sold their land or moved to different regions in pursuit of new opportunities.