Definition: These are large agricultural estates typically found in tropical or subtropical climates where cash crops like sugar cane, tobacco or cotton were grown on a large scale using slave labor.
Analogy: Imagine a factory production line but instead of machines making products indoors; you have people growing crops outdoors under harsh conditions.
Cash Crops: Crops produced for commercial value rather than personal use by the grower.
Slave Labor: A system where enslaved persons do work without consent under threat of violence.
Indentured Servitude: A form of labor where individuals agree to work for a certain period in return for passage to new lands.
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