Sentences with phrase «plantation workers once»

The small cottages in Koloa you'll see are also known as cane houses because plantation workers once lived in such structures.

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The Waimea Plantation Cottages once housed plantation workers and have been renovated to retain their authentic Hawaiian roots: furnishings are made of wicker and rattan, and the upholsteries feature cheerful aloha prints.
Visitors will encounter references to the literal and metaphoric scars of the pine industry and the turpentine camps (not unlike the slave plantations once located on the same land), along with the music that grew out of this labor and the resilient spirit of the workers.
The artists in the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise or CATPC) know this well; they all work on plantations or once did, cultivating resources for multinational conglomerates.
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