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
Spenser arrived in Ireland in 1580, during the brutal suppression of the Second Desmond Rebellion, and became a beneficiary of the plantations, through which confiscated Irish lands were granted to English settlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
El Nino is associated with strong drought in Indonesia, where tracts of forest and plantations have been burning in biodiverse Borneo and the South Sumatra region for months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Now growers who knew all about plantations, mills, and refining found sugar waiting for them on islands as beautiful as Hispaniola had been when Columbus arrived.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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