Planters

Examples

• But again there was opposition from many influential Southern planters, and his application was denied. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The people of America are chiefly farmers and planters; scarce anything that they raise or produce is an article of commerce with the Indians. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• When our planters arrived, they purchased the lands of the natives, without putting king or parliament to any expense. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Transplanters as well as planters have been devised. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Well, said the other, there are also many considerate and humane men among planters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I'm none o' yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by some old cuss of an overseer! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• You must not take that fellow to be any specimen of Southern planters, said he. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The greater part of our North American and West Indian planters are in this situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There were occasional parties given by the planters along the coast--as the bottom lands on the Red River were called. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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