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Plantation — For other uses, see Plantation (disambiguation). A pine plantation in the United States. Plantations are usually easily distinguished from natural forests by the trees being planted in straight lines. A plantation is a large artificially… … Wikipedia
plantation — [plan tā′shən] n. [L plantatio < plantare, to PLANT] 1. Archaic a colony or new settlement ☆ 2. an area growing cultivated crops 3. an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it [a sugar plantation] 4.… … English World dictionary
plantation song — noun A style of song formerly sung by the black workers on American plantations • • • Main Entry: ↑plant … Useful english dictionary
Plantation economy — A plantation economy is an economy which is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations. Plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income. Prominent… … Wikipedia
plantation — A place brought under cultivation and planted with crops or trees. A large farm. Atty. Gen. v S. B. Judges, 38 Cal 291, 295. A large area of land, cultivated by workers who live upon the land, usually devoted to the raising in quantity of one or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
plantation — noun a) Large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. b) The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval… … Wiktionary
Dooars Cha Bagan Workers’ Union — Dooars Cha Bagan Workers Union Founded 1948 Members 11,152 (1961) Country India Affiliation United Trade Union Congress Key people Monohar Tirkey, General Secretary Office location … Wikipedia
Kenyan tea workers strike of 2007 — World Socialist Web Site 2007, [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/wkrs s14.shtml Workers Struggles: Europe Africa ] , www.wsws.org , 14 September. Retrieved on 10 September 2008.] The strike began on 8 September 2007Olende, K. 2007, [http … Wikipedia
Labor conditions at Firestone Plantation in Liberia — (See also: Firestone Liberian controversy) International Labor Rights Fund sues FirestoneIn November 2005, the International Labor Rights Fund filed an Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) case in US District Court in California against Bridgestone… … Wikipedia
Samoan Plantation Pidgin — Infobox Language name=Samoan Plantation Pidgin region=Samoa extinct=Effectively extinct. iso2=cpe familycolor=Creole family=English based pidgin notice=nonoticeSamoan Plantation Pidgin is an English based pidgin language that was spoken by… … Wikipedia
Dockery Plantation — buildings, May 2005 Dockery Plantation was a 10,000 acre (40 km2) cotton plantation and sawmill on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born … Wikipedia
