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Economic jobs back in the day in south carolina

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Rice, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton were cash crops. Crops were grown on large plantations where slaves and indentured servants worked the land. In fact, Charleston, South Carolina became one of the centers of the American slave trade in the 1700s.

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The Southern economy was almost entirely based on farming.

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