plantation
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The plantation also became a central component in new transnational commercial networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
From then on, the plantation system drove the expansion of slavery and the international slave trade, and eventually survived the demise of both.
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
And there is no sign yet that other projects linked to large-scale deforestation, including a food and energy plantation plan in South Papua, will be halted in this drive.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Ben asked when they had broken out of Ravenel County and in a hauntingly crepuscular light were shooting across a causeway where the locks and sluices of an old rice plantation were still visible.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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