plantations
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English authorities and the monarchy were prominent participants in the centuries-long slave trade which saw millions of Africans enslaved and forced to work, especially on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
A portrait of the actor David Harewood hangs at the family's stately home, Harewood House in northern England, after it was discovered that his ancestors had worked on Lascelles family sugar plantations in Barbados.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
El Nino has been associated with strong drought in Indonesia, where tracts of forest and plantations have been burning in biodiverse Borneo and South Sumatra for months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Public IB maintains an overweight rating on Malaysian plantations, pegging Sarawak Plantation and TA Ann as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
I got the roasting heat and the crocodiles and the snakes and the long safaris up-country, selling Shell oil to the men who ran the diamond mines and the sisal plantations.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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