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A Tobacco Plantation:
Tobacco growing affected nearly everyone in Maryland in the 1700s. Most was grown on small farms, but some wealthy planters operated large plantations like this one. Slaves harvested tobacco and prepared it to dry in the tobacco barn being built by plantation carpenters.
Packed in large barrels called hogsheads, the tobacco was then rolled to the wharf and loaded aboard a ship for England. In exchange, planters ordered fine clothing and furnishings for their homes. |