Vocab
What was a plantation?
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
What was a cash crop?
A cash crop is an agricultural product grown specifically for sale on the commercial market to generate profit, rather than for consumption by the farmer.
What was a yeomen?
A US Navy enlisted rating handling clerical and administrative duties.
What is an artisan?
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What was the translationslave trade?
The transatlantic slave trade (16th–19th century) was the largest forced migration in history, forcibly moving over 12 million Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas, primarily for plantation labor. Driven by European demand for colonial labor (sugar, coffee, cotton), it involved brutal maritime routes, with 15–25% of captives dying during the "Middle Passage".