Tobacco in the American colonies
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Tobacco in the American colonies
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Tobacco cultivation and exports formed an essential component of the American colonial economy. It was distinct from rice, wheat, cotton and other cash crops in terms of agricultural demands, trade, slave labor, and plantation culture. Many influential American revolutionaries, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, owned tobacco plantations, and were hurt by debt to British tobacco merchants shortly before the American Revolution. For the later period see History of commercial tobacc
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_in_the_American_colonies
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2010-04-29T11:23:51Z
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2024-08-31T13:29:48Z
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