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Definition of Plantations

1. plantation [n] - See also: plantation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantations

Literary usage of Plantations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"The councils thus commissioned and instructed soon met for organization and business, the Council for plantations holding its preliminary session December ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OF plantations.' plantations are amongst ancient, primitive, and heroical works.8 When the world was young it begat more children; but now it is old it ..."

3. Report (1904)
"FORESTRY plantations IN MICHIGAN. EE BOGUE. Under this heading is included not only those plantations that have been made artificially but also those areas ..."

4. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"LIFE ON COTTON plantations. DURING my stay in Natchez, one of the many gentlemen interested in cotton-planting on the west or Louisiana side of the river, ..."

5. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"Queries relating to IIU Majesty's plantations on the Continent of » America. + 1. What is the Situation of the Province under your Government, the Nature of ..."

6. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"The councils thus commissioned and instructed soon met for organization and business, the Council for plantations holding its preliminary session December ..."

7. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OF plantations.' plantations are amongst ancient, primitive, and heroical works.8 When the world was young it begat more children; but now it is old it ..."

8. Report (1904)
"FORESTRY plantations IN MICHIGAN. EE BOGUE. Under this heading is included not only those plantations that have been made artificially but also those areas ..."

9. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"LIFE ON COTTON plantations. DURING my stay in Natchez, one of the many gentlemen interested in cotton-planting on the west or Louisiana side of the river, ..."

10. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"Queries relating to IIU Majesty's plantations on the Continent of » America. + 1. What is the Situation of the Province under your Government, the Nature of ..."

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