Between 1785 and 1800 all the tobacco plantations in the district were converted to cotton.
Forced labor in agriculture is often found on tobacco plantations.
His family's main source of income was a tobacco plantation.
The land from there north used to be tobacco plantations.
The vineyard is part of a former tobacco plantation and has been owned by the family since the late 1800's.
By 1614, Rolfe owned an interest in a tobacco plantation.
A lot of land was given to tobacco plantations because there was such a high demand for the good in Europe.
Fortunately the Virginia climate and land structure was perfect for tobacco plantations.
He also had a property and a tobacco plantation in Maryland.
Decades later, he moved to Guatemala to run a tobacco plantation.