History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1657 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Planting Year
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The idea
Planting ran through March and April with seeds set three to five feet apart, and from April to August the plants were tended and weeded.
In practice
In August, after the flowers produced bolls, all the plantation's enslaved men, women and children picking together.
Where people slip
A White driver employed the lash to make people work as quickly as possible.
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