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the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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For about a decade, the Montgomery family operated the plantation as its own.
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Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Ernest Graham, then 35, was sent to investigate the problem, and later became resident manager of the plantation.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
When some of these planters defaulted, Jacob repossessed their plantations.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Portuguese had been experimenting with colonial plantations for more than a century and already had settlements on Cape Verde and the Canary and Madeira islands.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Ernest Graham, then 35, was sent to investigate the problem, and later became resident manager of the plantation.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
When some of these planters defaulted, Jacob repossessed their plantations.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Portuguese had been experimenting with colonial plantations for more than a century and already had settlements on Cape Verde and the Canary and Madeira islands.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən 
1
: a group of plants and especially trees planted and cared for
2
: a settlement in a new country or region : colony
3
: a planted area
especially
: an agricultural estate worked by laborers
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