Who lived on the plantations? the plantation owner
the plantation owner's family
the artisans and blacksmiths
the plantation owner's slaves
the colonial officials

Most Southerners were yeoman farmers, indentured servants, or slaves. The plantation system also created changes for women and family structures as well. The tidewater aristocrats were the fortunate few who lived in stately plantation manors with hundreds of servants and slaves at their beck and call.

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