As tobacco plantations expanded and England's surplus ... began to pose a threat to the property-owning elite. The colonial establishment had placed restrictions on available lands, creating ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child ...

Several worked on the main campus, while others lived and worked on Nottoway Quarter, the college-owned tobacco plantation. Historian Craig Steven Wilder asserts that during the colonial period, "a ...

Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire Scots own Colonial plantations The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

Cash crops plantation is the colonial legacy where the Company worked on mercantilism to support British government rather than to benefit the ordinary Indians. The legacy continues till this day. Eli ...

Initially, most local plantations were growing cotton and tobacco. However, strong competition from the North American colonies meant that prices in these crops were falling. In response ...

Cash crops plantation is the colonial legacy where the Company worked ... These cash crops – including cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, rice and wheat – are lucrative, so no one is ready to go ...