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Plantation, city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. Major housing developments and the presence of banking companies have marked Plantation's urban boom. The National Hockey League's Florida Panthers play in neighboring Sunrise. plantation 1. an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc., are grown on a large scale 2. a group of cultivated trees or plants 3. (formerly) a colony or group of settlers How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Beatrix ``goes back'' as well, via a time-travel dream, to a cotton plantation where she sees a female slave named Yippee The land was purchased by traveling merchant James Latta in 1799 when it was a cotton plantation. The interstate slave trade states like Virginia and Maryland became giant breeding farms for the huge cotton plantations in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and other Deep South states. |
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