But the masters and slaves never approached equality. The standard image of Southern slavery is that of a large plantation with hundreds of slaves. In fact, such situations were rare. Fully 3/4 of ...

JAKARTA, March 10 (Reuters) - Indonesian prosecutors on Monday handed over more than 221,000 hectares (546,000 acres) of illegal palm oil plantations seized as part of an on-going corruption probe to ...

Refined sugar and products such as rum were major exports for Caribbean. Large single-crop plantations stifled the island economy. Growing only one crop – such as sugar cane – meant that if ...