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tobacco seeds
Tobacco is planted in a seedbed -
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growing tobacco
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. -
clearing forests
Forests were cleared to make new tobacco feilds. tobocco ruined soil. -
Transplanting tobacco
After 2 mounths in the seedbed, the tobacco is big enough to transplant. -
Tobacco Worms
Tobacco had to be checked for worms, if so, they had to be taken off -
Harvesting Tobacco
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. -
Drying Tobacco
Tobacco stakes were hung in tobacco barns to dry for 6-10 weeks -
Stripping Tobacco Stalks
When the tobacco leaves were dry, they were stripped from their stem. This was often done on rainy days. -
Bundling tobacco
They were dried and bundled into "hands," a hand was 10-20 tobacco leaves wrapped together. -
Storing tobacco
Tobacco was put into hogsheads. They could hold 200-500 pounds of tobacco.Enslaved people made hogaheads ond other sizes of barrels. -
Transporting tobacco
Tobacco was put onto ships to be transported to England. -
Comming back from England
The tobacco Ships come back from Engand with things England was trading with them.