At a New Year's party I fell into conversation with a gentleman who told me
with certainty that many southern plantations were owned by northern
manufacturing companies. I have never heard of a plantation owned by a
northern company. Has anyone seen any evidence of this?

Happy New Year to all.

Henry Wiencek

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