as in colonies
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Recent Examples of plantations
This nearly 200-mile network of hiking routes snakes its way through Sri Lanka’s highlands, including tea plantations, colonial estates, villages, holy shrines, and forests brimming with biodiversity.
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Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
From Washington, he was taken first to New Orleans, then to multiple plantations in central Louisiana.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
There are also plenty of nature trails and historic plantations to explore.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The last time the price for arabica beans, the world’s most popular variety, traded that high was in 1977 when snow destroyed large areas of Brazilian plantations.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Fiji’s cotton plantations rapidly declined in the early 1870s due to the industry’s resurgence in the American South.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 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
Unsurprisingly, white European settlers and Confederate refugees who sought respite from the Civil War in the South Pacific played a pivotal role in the new plantations’ development.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
The book explores the tensions among auction blocks, dining tables, street vendors, sugar plantations, food markets, cookbooks, tourism and much more.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
From Washington, he was taken first to New Orleans, then to multiple plantations in central Louisiana.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
There are also plenty of nature trails and historic plantations to explore.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The last time the price for arabica beans, the world’s most popular variety, traded that high was in 1977 when snow destroyed large areas of Brazilian plantations.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Fiji’s cotton plantations rapidly declined in the early 1870s due to the industry’s resurgence in the American South.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 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
Unsurprisingly, white European settlers and Confederate refugees who sought respite from the Civil War in the South Pacific played a pivotal role in the new plantations’ development.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
The book explores the tensions among auction blocks, dining tables, street vendors, sugar plantations, food markets, cookbooks, tourism and much more.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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