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 messages vary but follow the same basic script, telling recipients they'll be picked up, taken to a plantation and assigned to pick cotton.
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Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2024
As a girl, Mama tried to escape the terrors of poverty, the overcrowded tiny place on a former plantation, her father's alcoholism, and his mistreatment of her mother, as well as some harsh realities of Black southern life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
His father worked as a merchant and manager of a nearby cotton plantation.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
In the early 1860s, plantations in the American South produced 75 percent of the cotton used around the globe.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2024
As a girl, Mama tried to escape the terrors of poverty, the overcrowded tiny place on a former plantation, her father's alcoholism, and his mistreatment of her mother, as well as some harsh realities of Black southern life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
His father worked as a merchant and manager of a nearby cotton plantation.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
In the early 1860s, plantations in the American South produced 75 percent of the cotton used around the globe.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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