plantation
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With the growth of canals and railroads in the 19th century, Americans’ taste for coffee spread across the country, accelerated, Mr. Rood says, by the “product-cheapening” mass production of the plantation.
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
It saw "no active plantation... indicating that the clearing is infrastructure driven".
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Kenanga keeps a neutral stance on the plantation sector, citing limited earnings growth and few near-term catalysts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
When he left his father’s modest-sized plantation at Montpelier in Virginia to attend Princeton in 1769—Aaron Burr was a classmate—the youthful Madison had confessed to intimations of imminent mortality, somewhat morbidly predicting his early death.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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