as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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By contrast, the plantation economy relied on rigid racial hierarchies and hereditary enslavement.
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Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
This former coconut plantation is the site of the new Waldorf Astoria, which opened in January 2024 and comprises 50 one- to five-bedroom villas, each with its own tropical garden and pool.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Southern plantation owners and western frontiersmen, including President Andrew Jackson, saw the establishment of a national museum as an unnecessary assertion of federal power.
—Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
Onlookers passed by and listened in while Dunn continued a few more stories of Florida’s Black history, teaching about what constitutes a lynching and the history of Kingsley plantation.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
This former coconut plantation is the site of the new Waldorf Astoria, which opened in January 2024 and comprises 50 one- to five-bedroom villas, each with its own tropical garden and pool.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Southern plantation owners and western frontiersmen, including President Andrew Jackson, saw the establishment of a national museum as an unnecessary assertion of federal power.
—Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
Onlookers passed by and listened in while Dunn continued a few more stories of Florida’s Black history, teaching about what constitutes a lynching and the history of Kingsley plantation.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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