From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11337 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, May 13 2023 Volume 14 : Number 11337 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Leave your feedback and you could WIN! ["Ace Hardware Opinion Requested" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 10:47:54 +0200 From: "Ace Hardware Opinion Requested" Subject: Leave your feedback and you could WIN! Leave your feedback and you could WIN! http://cortexiz.shop/8-qsJrMNEkT_GEb1wmkMzsQR2F26NHpABCiBHexmVwaWTNBNNw http://cortexiz.shop/C1nXNK8TvWqA9AL8-Xo-ks3rTnkp82K_-kWVbhNI6CyTTHOfjA The vast majority of plantations did not have grand mansions centered on a huge acreage. These large estates did exist, but represented only a small percentage of the plantations that once existed in the South. Although many Southern farmers did enslave people before emancipation in 1862, few enslaved more than five. These farmers tended to work the fields alongside the people they enslaved. Of the estimated 46,200 plantations existing in 1860, 20,700 had 20 to 30 enslaved people and 2,300 had a workforce of a hundred or more, with the rest somewhere in between. Many plantations were operated by absentee-landowners and never had a main house on site. Just as vital and arguably more important to the complex were the many structures built for the processing and storage of crops, food preparation and storage, sheltering equipment and animals, and various other domestic and agricultural purposes. The value of the plantation came from its land and the enslaved people who toiled on it to produce crops for sale. These same people produced the built environment: the main house for the plantation owner, the slave cabins, barns, and other structures of the complex. 1862 photograph of the slave quarter at Smiths Plantation in Port Royal, South Carolina. The slave house shown is of the saddlebag type. The materials for a plantation's buildings, for the most part, came from the lands of the estate. Lumber was obtained from the forested areas of the property. Depending on its intended use, it was either split, hewn, or sawn. Bricks were most often produced onsite from sand and clay that was molded, dried, and then fired in a kiln. If a suitable stone was available, it was used. Tabby was often u ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11337 ***********************************************