plantation owner

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plantation
noun[C]
uk
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop ...
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owner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nər/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofplantationandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, after this the tenant had to pay for the coming year's staples, thus keeping him permanently indebted toplantationowner.
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He idealized the yeoman farmer despite being himself a gentlemanplantationowner.
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So they would just invite a stranger off the street, or aplantationownerdown the block.
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It also argued that if any largeplantationownerresisted this action, they should have the other two-thirds confiscated as well.
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He is put up for sale after his ailingplantationownersays he can no longer afford him.
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This home provides a glimpse into the life of middle-class planter rather than a wealthyplantationowner.
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The painting would win by all means the favor of the wealthyplantationownerin order to rehabilitate his finances.
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For example, in 2006 it threatened strike action against aplantationownerwhich sought to introduce tea-picking machines.
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Believing that he is a wealthyplantationowner, she flirts with him.
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Punishment could be administered by theplantationowneror master, his wife, children (white males) or (most often) the overseer or driver.
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Calhoun was aplantationownerwho helped develop the positive good theory of slavery.
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However, as an absenteeplantationowner, he did not live on those plantations.
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He was the son of aplantationowner.
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She was aplantationownerat age 23.
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His grandfather was aplantationownerand his father a lawyer.
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