Plantation Economy

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            Monticello was a large, 5,000-acre plantation. A plantation tried to grow or make everything it needed. That meant that most food was grown at Monticello. And many goods such as cloth, shoes, bricks, and nails were made at Monticello, too.             Plantations needed many workers. Monticello had some free white craftsmen and workers. But…

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