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The moss hill plantation in A

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Current Issue: Deforestation driven by Plantations.

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Current Issue: Deforestation driven by Plantations.

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Eucalyptus and Oil Palm plantations are driving deforestation in order for them to obtain what they need to keep their plantation running. Usually, the plantations get what they want and deforestation occurs for them to get what they want. However, the deforestation occurring in Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei is threatening many rare species that only live in these areas.

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/09/a-major-concern-plantation-driven-deforestation-ramps-up-in-borneo/

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This is a cotton plantation. This is the product of a cotton plantation which was planted by plantation workers.

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This tea plantation worker harvests and collects the tea leaves all day and stores them in a basket on his back and takes them back to the house when the basket is full.

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1. One of the not so well known cash crops grown on plantations was indigo, a purple dye.

2. Some of the cash crops grown on the plantation were traded in exchange for goods that could not be produced at the farm such as shoes, thread, and dishes.

3. The number of slaves in the 1600's was 10,000. The number of slaves in 1700 with the introduction of plantations was 400,000.

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Style of Agriculture- Plantations produce cash crops in a large estate with a central house.
Location: Most of the United States's plantations are located in the South/Southeast. These states all used to be confederate states with a lot of plantations so a lot of them still exist today.
Crops Grown: The crop grown are cash crops such as, cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, and fruits.
Climate: Most plantations are in tropical or subtropical climates.
Soil Type/ Landscape Needed: The best soil for most cash crops is sandy loam which is a mix of silt and clay and it contains some sand.

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Most plantation workers are black or mixed in the United States. However, it does depend on where the plantation is located

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The lifestyle of a plantation worker is extremely complicated. Most slaves had to wake up at the crack of dawn (4 a.m.). They then had to work until 9 pm. This was a 17 hour shift meaning they got under 7 hours of sleep a night. They worked all day in the heat and were given no breaks in slavery days. Nowadays, plantation workers still work long days, with long hours and earn very little money but it is a lot more humane.

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Since, plantations grow cash crops they produce these crops to sell and export them. These crops are sold in order to keep the plantation going. Cash crops have such a high commercial value because people all around the world want/need them.

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A plantation is a large scale estate or farm producing cash crops especially in a tropical or subtropical country. The plantation is usually kept by resident workers. In the age of slavery, plantations were used to grow cash crops but the workers were slaves.

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Plantations mostly grow and produce cash crops. A cash crop is a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. Cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, and fruits are all cash crops.