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

In the U.S., traditional plantation agriculture died with the end of slavery in 1865.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It saw "no active plantation... indicating that the clearing is infrastructure driven".

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The company fits decks using either plantation teak mostly sourced from India, or a small handful of alternatives it has had good success with.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Former slaves literally walked away from their plantations, causing panic and outrage among plantation owners.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander