Talk:Plantation economy
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removed the words ", as determined by Dr. Stearns, a leading expert in world history" -- who? cite, please? -- Anon.
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[edit] Merge proposal
oppose merge proposal with sugar plantation. There is much potential expansion of this article, especially if it is widened from the current narrow definition. See related content in Plantation. Imc 21:29, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Why only Virginia?
If this article is only going to talk about only a specific state, then the tittle should be changed to Virginian Tobacco Plantations. Other states produced tobacco in equal, if not higher, numbers than Virginia and they should also be include. For example, I know that Kentucky has historically been known for thier tobacco crops. Although the state (commonwealth) didn't have as large of plantations as mentioned they still had them in operation. The inclusion of states like Kentucky, whose number on cash crop was tobacco, would contribute greatly to the validity of this article. Enigma 09:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Maryland should be mentioned as well, since it's early economy depended on tobacco and slavery. Starting in 2001 the state has paid farmers not to grow tobacco, which has lead to almost 8 million pounds in reduced tobacco production in the state.
[edit] Tobacco plantations in colonial virginia - that should be the name
This articles has the wrong title. The title is completely misleading. What about plantations in other parts of the U.S., what about the Caribbean, South America, other places in the world?
What about the different types of plantations? Sugar and tobacco is it? And the different ways they were run, like the blues (music that has fundamentally transformed American music) comes from the South because there plantations tended to be very large. Slaves lived in big groups and so were able to retain much of their African culture in their quarters where they wer left alone for the most part.
Think of the huge impact the culture American slaves developed on plantations has had on our culture today. KarenAnn 14:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] We're missing Hawaii...
WHY!!!!WE'RE MISSING HAWAII!!!! Where's Hawaii in this article? Hawaiian sugar plantations were pretty important to Hawaii's economy for a long time, and many Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Indian, etc. immigrants ended up working in the sugar plantations. For references, Strangers From A Different Shore by Ronald Takaki is a good place to start. 169.229.121.94 07:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Quote from the Sugarcane Wikipedia article: "Sugarcane production greatly influenced many tropical Pacific islands, most particularly Hawaii and Fiji. In these islands, sugar came to dominate the economic and political landscape after the indigenous societies had been invaded by Europeans and Americans, who promoted immigration from various Asian countries for workers to tend and harvest the crop. Sugar-industry policies eventually established the ethnic makeup of the island populations that now exist, profoundly affecting modern politics and society in the islands." 169.229.121.94 07:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Link to site talking about Hawaii's Sugar industry: http://www.hawaiiag.org/harc/HARCHS11.HTM 169.229.121.94 07:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The system in Hawaii involved non-slave laborers, and harsh overseers called lunas. Could someone please write a bit on Hawai'i? 169.229.121.94 02:20, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
