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  • I agree. I dont think there are many people out there that romanticize the word or concept of a plantation. Hell, Providence, RI is technically called the Providence Plantations, but no one talks about it because of the obvious negative connotations of the word.

    I agree with the other changes mentioned in the article, but I think the word plantation is already culturally derided enough that it is probably worse in the common imaginary than “labor camp”.

    Plus, plantation is just a historically accurate word. They called them plantations at the time, historical documentation refers to properties like that as plantations, so we talk about them as plantations. Plantations are pretty much solely an artifact of slavery at this point. You wouldnt say, “Im going to my uncle’s plantation this weekend” any more than you would say “Im going to my uncle’s labor camp”