Which crop did the Eleutheran Adventurers introduce to Bahamas as a plantation crop?

Which crop did the Eleutheran Adventurers introduce to Bahamas as a plantation crop?

• A. Sugar
• B. Rice
• C. Tobacco
• D. Cotton

Answer: (D)

Cotton is the crop tied to the Eleutheran Adventurers’ Bahamas settlement. When they established their colony in the mid-1600s, they pursued plantation-style farming, and cotton fit the island’s conditions as a cash crop they could grow on large estate plots. This set the tone for early plantation agriculture in the Bahamas. The other crops listed—sugar, rice, and tobacco—were not the ones they introduced there as plantation crops, at least not in the same coordinated way.

Cotton is the crop tied to the Eleutheran Adventurers’ Bahamas settlement. When they established their colony in the mid-1600s, they pursued plantation-style farming, and cotton fit the island’s conditions as a cash crop they could grow on large estate plots. This set the tone for early plantation agriculture in the Bahamas. The other crops listed—sugar, rice, and tobacco—were not the ones they introduced there as plantation crops, at least not in the same coordinated way.