Give any seven effects of plantation farming on the East Coast of Africa

      

By 1840, the clove plantations in Zanzibar and Pemba attracted slave labor. By, 1840, the Arabs and Swahili grew grain on the mainland. Give any seven effects of plantation farming on the east coast of Africa

  

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Dana
a) The need for slave labor increased leading to increased slave trade
b) Growth of cash crops such as cloves for export led to international trade
c) There was introduction of new crops at the coast such as cloves and coconut
d) Agricultural based industries emerged
e) Some towns such as Mombasa and Malindi grew
f) There was an increase in the settlement of Oman Arabs at the coast to do agriculture
g) There was misery and suffering of the slaves who worked for long hours

Dana05 answered the question on May 2, 2019 at 13:19


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