Plantations

For Sale: Southern Plantations

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2012

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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., March 3 (Reuters) - The privately owned historic plantations that dot South Carolina's low country...

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Rhode Island Keeps 'Plantations' In Name

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Islanders have voted to keep the word "Plantations" in the state's official name despite concerns that it evokes images...

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Faulkner Greatly Influenced By Newly Discovered Plantation Diary

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 19th century plantation diary was a source of inspiration to William Faulkner as he plotted the creation of his imaginary Yoknapatawpha County, the ...

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