landowner
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“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
A spokesperson for the landowner said they had stopped construction and wished to comply with the council notice, despite the authority receiving reports alleging work had continued beyond the deadline.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Instead of notifying the authorities, the landowner urged George to head south to the Savannah River, where he would find employment with another landowner for the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Near the Pee Dee River that runs through the Carolinas, George began working for a white landowner until, he recalls, a “hue and cry found me out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
We handed most of the potatoes over to the landowner in exchange for our wages, but some we boiled into soup, which we ate every night for dinner.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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