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What changed on the larger plantations of the lower south after 1830?
AMasters divided their land among their heirs
BMasters moved their households to the north
CMasters turned from cotton to rice growing
DMasters employed professional overseers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Masters employed professional overseers
1. Before 1830 the older plantation pattern rested on personal supervision by the master himself.
2. Large-scale cotton production in the lower south came in after that date.
3. The master then gradually ceased to supervise closely and employed professional overseers instead.
4. An overseer kept his place only if he could exact a maximum amount of work.
5. Cotton remained the crop, so a turn to rice is not what happened.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section DEBATE OVER SLAVERY MOUNTS_
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