Plantations

Examples

• If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The need for labour upon the plantations of the West Indies and the south was imperative. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But it so happens, that many of the principal proprietors of the sugar plantations reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The mulberry plantations of th e Cévennes were abandoned and the whole region was desolate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There was a rapid development of plantations and proprietary colonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Britain need envy neither the vineyards of France, nor the olive plantations of Italy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We procured full loads for our entire train at two plantations, which could easily have furnished as much more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• How is Rubber Cured on Modern Plantations? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I suppose the creature strayed into the plantations, and got shot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• While, for example, Muscovado sugars from the British plantations pay, upon importation, only 6s:4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Any committee-man might be removed by the board of trade and plantations, now by a committee of council, after being heard in his own defence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• On these plantations, rubber trees are cultivated just the same as other crops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Pass straight down the fields, not round by the lade and plantations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They only does down in plantations, where niggers, when they runs, has to do their own running, and don't get no help. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Many who could tolerate slavery upon the plantations found the slave trade too much for their moral digestions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ireland is certainly as able, and our American and West India plantations more able, to pay a land tax, than Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Take the case of the slaves on American plantations. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Had the gain actually made by such plantations been commonly as great as he imagined it might have been, there could have been no dispute about it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He'll muster some of those old overseers on the other plantations, and have a great hunt; and they'll go over every inch of ground in that swamp. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But south of the Mason and Dixon line tobacco growing began, and the warmer climate encouraged the establishment of plantations with gang labour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With these big plantations some other way to cure the rubber had to be devised from the smoking process used in curing the native rubber which comes from South America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She walked fearlessly, then, on daisy and turf, and through thick plantations; she reached Fieldhead, and penetrated to Miss Keeldar's dressing-room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• To the left is Barton park, amongst those woods and plantations. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I've hearn 'em tell how dey works 'em up on dem ar plantations. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Henequen is now grown on large plantations, the plant being about five years old before the long, sword-like leaves are ready to cut. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Great Britain and her colonies still continue to be almost the sole market for all sugar produced in the British plantations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Jist as I knew 't would be,--sold, and murdered on dem ar' old plantations! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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