plantation
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Eston Hemings was born on May 21, 1808, and raised in slavery at Monticello, the Jefferson plantation in Virginia.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
It is here that we learn much about plantation life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
RHB Research upgrades its rating for the plantation sector to overweight from neutral, naming Johor Plantations Group, Sarawak Oil Palms, IOI Corp.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
He was unable to train that day because he had not had time to collect his kit after finishing work at a papaya plantation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
On setting sail, I walked aft, and gave to Colonel Lloyd’s plantation what I hoped would be the last look.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
Meanwhile, the Deep South consisted of a landowning class, some of whom relocated from slave plantations in the Caribbean, who formed an "oligarchic, top-down society".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Brazil’s coffee-growing monoculture left much of the country dependent on imported food, particularly white flour from the slave-worked mills of Richmond, which in turn encouraged the development of new capital-intensive wheat plantations in Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Their base case sees Middle East tensions peaking in 2Q before easing in 2H, supporting tactical upside in oil and gas, and plantations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Billy hails from a herd in Malaysia that was culled to clear land for palm and rubber plantations, according to the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
The fleet passes vast plantations laid upon the banks in unspeakable gentility.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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