Plantageejere i syd under borgerkrigen?
Plantations in the American South
En person, der ejede en plantage, blev kaldt en plantageejer. Historikere af sydstaterne fra førbellum har generelt defineret "plantageejer" som en person, der ejede ejendom (fast ejendom) og 20 eller flere slaver. De rigeste plantere, som f.eks. eliten i Virginia med plantager nær James River, ejede mere jord og flere slaver end andre landmænd. Tobak var den vigtigste salgsafgrøde i det øvre syd (i de oprindelige Chesapeake Bay-kolonier i Virginia og Maryland og i dele af Carolina).
Plantations in the American South
An individual who owned a plantation was known as a planter. Historians of the antebellum South have generally defined "planter" most precisely as a person owning property (real estate) and 20 or more slaves. The wealthiest planters, such as the Virginia elite with plantations near the James River, owned more land and slaves than other farmers. Tobacco was the major cash crop in the Upper South (in the original Chesapeake Bay Colonies of Virginia and Maryland, and in parts of the Carolinas).
Plantations in the American South