The plantation system
who introduced this system ?
Europeans
it was used as a sweetener
sugar
This stood at the top of the land
The great house
when did the first wave begin
1830s
State the forms of oppression the slaves underwent
cultural, slavery, lack of freedom, social inequality
When was it introduced ?
The 17th century
bun a big spilf, used for medicinal purposes
tobacco
many crops were grown
the fields
who were the new laborers
indians, chinese, Portuguese
who were the maroons
Escaped slaves who sought freedom from oppression
what were the 3 C's
commerce, Christianity, and civilization
used to make clothes
cotton
persons who worked on the fields
the slaves
what was it about
It involved signed contracts between planters and new laborers who were brought to the Caribbean to work for a set number of years in exchange for wages, housing, and passage.
Why was the plantation system described as a total institution?
because they controlled every part of an enslaved person’s life, work, housing, religion, and even family.
Definition of a plantation system
The plantation system was a large-scale agricultural estate focused mainly on growing a single crop.