planter

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The name comes from an estate built on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the early years of the 18th century by Philemon Hemsley, a wealthy merchant and tobacco planter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

She created the very popular Egg planter and was at the company for three years before she was let go.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Brought over by the British, the game is mentioned in the diaries of the politician and planter William Bird III in 1704.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

Deliberately and strategically, the planter class extended special privileges to poor whites in an effort to drive a wedge between them and black slaves.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander