southern agriculture

Southern Agriculture: The Rise of Plantations and Cotton’s Global Impact

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Cotton, Soil, This Land of Ours

Agriculture in the American South Agriculture in the southern United States developed quite differently from that in the Midwest or New England. While northern regions focused on diversified farming, smaller plots, and self-sustaining communities, the South evolved around a plantation-based system that defined its economy, society, and land use for generations. Land Ownership and Social Divides In the southern states, …