as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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The exploitation of enslaved laborers on cane plantations increased supply and decreased production costs.
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Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Thousands gathered outside Loew’s Grand Theater, which had been decorated to resemble a Southern plantation home, to watch the stars arrive.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Camarena’s kidnapping was retaliation after Caro Quintero’s marijuana plantation was raided by Mexican and U.S. authorities.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
The post was about a Juneteenth event that portrayed slave owners as refugees.
County leaders have spent the subsequent years studying how leaders at other former plantations have confronted the past.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Thousands gathered outside Loew’s Grand Theater, which had been decorated to resemble a Southern plantation home, to watch the stars arrive.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Camarena’s kidnapping was retaliation after Caro Quintero’s marijuana plantation was raided by Mexican and U.S. authorities.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
The post was about a Juneteenth event that portrayed slave owners as refugees.
County leaders have spent the subsequent years studying how leaders at other former plantations have confronted the past.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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