This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and de...

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President Vicente Guerrero, who was of Spanish, African and Native American descent, abolished slavery within Mexico in 1829. This law was intended by its proponents as a counter-measure against settlement by Americans, who used slave labor in their Texas cotton plantations.

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, opium, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, fruits, rubber trees and forest trees.

Here are the top 10 largest plantations in the United States, ranked by size and historical impact. Located in Middletown, Virginia, Belle Grove Plantation is one of the largest and most historically significant plantations in the United States, encompassing approximately 7,500 acres.

2023年5月19日 · Plantations are characterized by beautiful neoclassical mansions, eye-watering alleys, and they stand on acres of lush farmland. Some famous Southern plantation houses have been featured in movies, and you cannot deny how incredible they look.

2025年1月22日 · Unlike small subsistence farms, plantations were created to grow cash crops for sale on the market. Tobacco and cotton proved to be exceptionally profitable. Cheap labor was used to cut production costs and maximize profits.

2020年11月11日 · Curious about how plantations came to be? Here’s a primer covering the timeline from their origins to their transformation to educational historic sites and memorials. Enslaved people on a...