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Kyree Anthony

By Mrs. Mills

  • seeds

    Tiny tabacco seeds were planted in seedbeds, and covered them in pine branches to protect them from the cold
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    growing tabacco

    growing tabacco took almost a year, and took very hard work, so the slaves did most of the hard work.
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    growing tobacco

    after the year was over they started all over

  • clearing the forest

    forest were cleard to make new tobacco feilds.

  • transplant

    The seeds were large enough to transplant

  • pulling off worms

    The slaves had to go out and pick the worms off the tobacco leaves. This took about three months

  • harvesting

    A hole was cut into each stalk so it could be placed on a tabacco stake

  • drying tobacco

    The tobacco was hung in a barn to dry, for six to ten weeks

  • taking them down

    the leaves were taken down because they were dry

  • bundling

    tabacco were bundled into hands

  • hogshead

    leaves were packed into barrels called hogshead

  • rolling roads

    hogsheads were rolled down roads then were traded on ships