plantation
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Daniel Rood gives short shrift to such “historically amnesiac tourism”; with “In the Shadow of the Great House,” he provides a provocative history of the plantation, one that spans continents and centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
And there is no sign yet that other projects linked to large-scale deforestation, including a food and energy plantation plan in South Papua, will be halted in this drive.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Wild game was plentiful on the plantation, and one of the few ways that enslaved people could earn any money was to hunt or trap birds to sell to Washington.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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