plantation

Example Sentences

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The camp sits on a picturesque hill flanked by tea plantations, well-stocked by NGOs from the United Nations, World Food Programme and others.

From Barron's

Conifer plantations on the estate are being cleared, allowing native saplings space to grow.

From BBC

There he took a job on a rubber plantation, which he soon managed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Northern bankers financed slave mortgages and plantation finances, even as Northern manufacturers profited from selling cloth and shoes for enslaved workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the 1793 invention of the cotton gin—which separated cotton fibers from its seeds with a previously undreamed-of efficiency—America’s plantation economy expanded exponentially and so did its use of slave labor.

From The Wall Street Journal