Question

The place where large landowners are called Howaldars?

Answer 1

Just as life in the three colonial regions was varied, life for the different social groups in colonial America differed as well. Let’s investigate the lives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, free African Americans and enslaved African Americans (slaves) in the colonies.

One of the wealthiest social positions in colonial America was held by large landowners called planters. These powerful men lived predominantly in the southern colonies and were sometimes well educated. They owned huge farms called plantations. These impressive places were filled with barns, stables, gardens, wells, workshops, kitchens, mills and slave quarters. The plantations owned by these large landowners produced crops such as tobacco, sugar and indigo. A planter’s home was just as impressive as the property around it. It’s many bedrooms, dining rooms, drawing rooms and offices were usually filled with delicate china, elaborate furniture, expensive paintings, busy servants and wealthy visitors. To keep these large farms running smoothly, planters need huge numbers of low cost laborers to work in the fields that stretched as far as the eye could see. The cheapest labor came from indentured servants and slaves. Large landowners enjoyed a rich social culture that included music, dancing and many parties.