plantation
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Audubon, who was born in Haiti and grew up in France, moved to Pennsylvania where he lived on his father's plantation.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
In “The Oyster Diaries,” Delery runs into Claude, a “portly fifty-year-old” living in seclusion in an overgrown plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
In 1779, as British troops approached, the Silver Bluff plantation owner abandoned the property.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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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