plantation
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George grew up on a tobacco plantation approximately 30 miles southwest of Jamestown, Va., where in 1619 some of the first enslaved Africans in British North America were sold to colonists.
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
"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
Even experts at the plantation are unclear about Billy’s remains.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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