Question

Which statement best summarizes the economic activities of wealthy plantation owners living in South Carolina?
A. Wealthy plantation owners paid small family farmers to plant and harvest cash crops to sell at local markets.
B. Wealthy plantation owners hired enslaved workers to plant and harvest cash crops to sell at local and overseas markets.
C. Wealthy plantation owners used enslaved laborers to produce cash crops to sell at local and overseas markets.
D. Wealthy plantation owners planted and harvested cash crops themselves to sell at local markets.

Answer 1

C. Wealthy plantation owners used enslaved laborers to produce cash crops (like rice, indigo, later cotton) to sell at local and overseas markets.