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Tobacco is planted in a seedbed
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It was exremely hard work to take care of tobacco. There was intensive labor, and took a lot of time. The planters were to busy, so they bought slaves to do the work.
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Forests were cleared to make new tobacco feilds. tobocco ruined soil.
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After 2 mounths in the seedbed, the tobacco is big enough to transplant.
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Tobacco had to be checked for worms, if so, they had to be taken off
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The tobacco was harvested. Each stalk was cut at the bottom, and left to wilt. Then the slaves put holes in them so the could be put on a tobacco stake.
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Tobacco stakes were hung in tobacco barns to dry for 6-10 weeks
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When the tobacco leaves were dry, they were stripped from their stem. This was often done on rainy days.
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They were dried and bundled into "hands," a hand was 10-20 tobacco leaves wrapped together.
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Tobacco was put into hogsheads. They could hold 200-500 pounds of tobacco.Enslaved people made hogaheads ond other sizes of barrels.
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Tobacco was put onto ships to be transported to England.
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The tobacco Ships come back from Engand with things England was trading with them.