nov 13, 1628 - Tobacco
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Tobacco was the primary cash crop of the colonies in the seventeenth century. Colonies like Maryland were established primarily because of tobacco. The Southern colonies had economies based on tobacco. The South Atlantic system relied on cash crops, like tobacco and sugar, that were farmed by slave labor. The South Atlantic system increased slave labor in North America. **Tobacco Plantation owners even encouraged their slaves to have children so that their workforce could increase.**
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