{"id":13793,"date":"2014-02-13T23:27:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T23:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=13793"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:14:33","slug":"plantation-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/plantation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plantation System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_83eqMrq3V4o\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_83eqMrq3V4o\" data-source-videoID=\"83eqMrq3V4o\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"The Plantation System Video\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"The Plantation System\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_83eqMrq3V4o:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_83eqMrq3V4o {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Plantation-System-thumb.webp\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_83eqMrq3V4o\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_83eqMrq3V4o\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"The Plantation System\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_83eqMrq3V4o\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_83eqMrq3V4o\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_83eqMrq3V4o\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>The plantation system was the main method of agricultural production in the South. The South had an international economy because they exported many of their products to the East in exchange for foreign credit, which allowed them to import goods from the East.<\/p>\n<p>Now, plantations were large farms that had 20 or more slaves and produced one staple crop. Some of these crops could be rice, cotton, tobacco, or maybe sugar. Such crops were labor-intensive to grow and harvest.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it took a large workforce, a large labor force, to grow and harvest these crops. Plantation owners made the system profitable by having slaves who were basically free labor.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we say &#8220;basically&#8221; free labor, because there was an initial cost for the slaves. They had to purchase them, and then they had to spend some money to house the slaves and feed them, but for the most part they weren&#8217;t having to pay the daily wages that people would generally have to pay their employees.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you&#8217;re buying something, a lot of the cost of that item, most of the cost of that item, is just going to paying employees. With labor being free, this dramatically cut the cost of goods.<\/p>\n<p>Plantation owners thus owned the land, the tools, and the labor force. That&#8217;s how they made this whole process profitable. If it wasn&#8217;t for the free labor, it may have been hard to turn a profit on these crops.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few things just to remember. 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