Macalum's CAAP Webpage
My name is Macalum and I'm in the 11th grade. I came to CAAP to learn more about my West Indian Heritage.
When I went to the tobacco museum I learned that some West Indians came to America and worked in the tobacco fields, and people used to smoke with thirteen different types of tobacco pipes. I also learned that Martin Luther King Jr. worked in the tobacco fields and tobacco has been a part of the agricultural Economy of America since the early 1600s when residents of Jamestown, Virginia grew tobacco for pipe smoking. Cigars were first introduced around 1801 when Mrs. Prout of Windsor, Connecticut made the first Cigar.
Prior to the civil war, cigars were not recognized by brand names. Instead, manufacturers sold cigars in unmarked bundles. After the war Congress passed laws requiring cigars to be packaged and sold in wooden boxes of a specific size.
Over the years, the use of wood in making cigar boxes was abandoned for cheaper, and easier to mass-produce paper board boxes. These are the types still being manufactured today.
While I was at the museum the smell of the tobacco was very strong and the feeling was very moist and soft. Shade plants have 18 to 24 usable leaves per plant, and about six weeks after the seedlings are planted, the first leaves are ready for picking.
Workers remove two to three leaves from each side of the plant. They place piles of several leaves between the plants. The dragger later picks them up and puts them in a canvas basket and deposit the full basket at the end of the row.
At the CT Historical Society I learned that in the 1900s over 10 million people were slaves, and that Hartford is one of the largest communities that has West Indians. In 1900s create a job on West Indian people some of those jobs was in Connecticut during World War two. West Indians in the United States came from Islands like Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, Bahamas, St. Vincent& Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago.
My Favorite Cloths
- Sean John
- Gucci
- Nike
- Averix
- Timberland
- Raco Wear
- South Pole
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Platnium Fubu
- Mo jeans
- Up Towns
- Gap
- Old Navy
My Favorite Website
video game home page
