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{{Dialogue2|Adéwalé|And there are a few [of the crew] talking about meeting with Master Kidd to steal from a nearby plantation.|Edward|A plantation? That's ambitious.|Profitable too, if we can manage it.|Adéwalé and Edward Kenway discussing whether to raid a sugar plantation, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Raise the Black Flag}}
{{Dialogue2|Adéwalé|And there are a few [of the crew] talking about meeting with [[Mary Read|Master Kidd]] to steal from a nearby plantation.|Edward|A plantation? That's ambitious.|Profitable too, if we can manage it.|[[Adéwalé]] and Edward Kenway discussing the risks and rewards of stealing from a sugar plantation, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:FC Port-au-Prince plantation.png|thumb|250px|A sugar plantation on Saint-Domingue]]
[[File:FC Port-au-Prince plantation.png|thumb|250px|A sugar plantation on Saint-Domingue]]
Throughout the 17th and 18th century, '''sugar plantations''' were highly prevalent and profitable in the [[Caribbean]]. Typically owned by a single family, they were normally worked by said family's [[Slavery|slaves]], and guarded by a sizable contingent of [[Guards|soldiers]].
'''Plantations''' are large farms that typically grow {{Wiki|cash crop}}s like [[sugar]]cane, [[tobacco]], [[coffee]], [[opium]], [[tea]], or cotton at immense scale. The practice dates back to the [[Roman Empire]]'s ''{{Wiki|Latifundium|latifundia}}'' (Latin: "spacious farm/estate") made for grains and [[olive]] oil, and famously was a hallmark of [[Europe]]an {{Wiki|colonialism}} as it expanded the {{Wiki|Globalization|global economy}}.<ref>{{WP|Plantation}}</ref>


During the early 18th century, the [[Peter Beckford|Beckford]] and {{Wiki|Drax Hall Estate|Drax}} estates owned the majority of the plantations in the Caribbean. Because of the possible rewards obtainable from a successful raid, sugar plantations were a promising, if risky, target for [[Piracy|pirates]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
In [[modern times]], the term primarily refers to the {{Wiki|slave plantation}}s that were widely prevalent and highly profitable throughout the [[Caribbean]]<ref>{{WP|Sugar plantations in the Caribbean}}</ref> and the growing [[United States]] in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref>{{WP|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States}}</ref> They were often owned by a single family and worked by said family's [[Slavery|slaves]], who were kept under guard by a sizable contingent of [[soldier]]s.


Up until September 1715, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Julien du Casse]] owned a small plantation on the island of [[Great Inagua]]. After the pirate [[Edward Kenway]] killed du Casse and took the cove for himself, the plantation was maintained by the pirates.<ref name="AC4"/>
==History==
In the 9th century, select farmers made {{Wiki|tree plantation}}s with {{Wiki|Elaeis|oil palm}} trees in the [[Wilderness]] around the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital of [[Baghdad]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref> and {{Wiki|date palm}} groves in the oases near [[al-Ula]] due to its high water table,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Mirage – [[Valley of Memory]]'' – [[Database: Oasis Irrigation and Flora]]</ref> with the purpose of exporting the {{Wiki|palm oil}} and dates, respectively, through the markets.


During the 1730s, there were a number of sizable plantations on and around the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]], including those at [[Wellington]] and [[Tortuga]], as well as a number near the town of [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - [[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>
During the early 18th century, the [[Peter Beckford|Beckford]] and {{Wiki|Drax Hall Estate|Drax}} estates owned the majority of the Caribbean's sugar plantations.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]]: #11</ref><ref name="Sugarcane">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Sugarcane and Its Yields]]</ref> Because of the possible rewards obtainable from a successful [[raid]], they were a promising though risky target for [[Piracy|pirates]]. The pirate [[captain]] [[Edward Kenway]] once raided a Beckford-owned plantation on [[Mary Read]]'s advice,<ref name="Sugarcane" /> and continued to rob multiple plantations throughout the Caribbean, typically by looting money and resources from their warehouses.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
 
Up until September 1715, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order|Caribbean Templar]] [[Julien du Casse]] owned a small plantation on the island of [[Great Inagua]]. After Edward assassinated du Casse and took the cove for himself,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[A Single Madman]]</ref> the plantation was maintained by the pirates.<ref name="AC4"/>
 
During the 1730s, there were many sizable plantations on and around the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]], including those at [[Wellington]] and [[Tortuga]], as well as a number near the town of [[Port-au-Prince]]. The [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|Caribbean Assassin]] [[Adéwalé]] raided all of these plantations during his time aiding the [[Maroon rebellion]], not for their resources but to liberate their slaves, many of whom went on to join the rebellion.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]] – [[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
**''[[Freedom Cry]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard – The Lost Journal]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|''Assassin's Creed'' comic]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
**''[[Valley of Memory]]'' {{Mdat}}


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Latest revision as of 15:12, 6 May 2026

Adéwalé: "And there are a few [of the crew] talking about meeting with Master Kidd to steal from a nearby plantation."
Edward: "A plantation? That's ambitious."
Adéwalé: "Profitable too, if we can manage it."
—Adéwalé and Edward Kenway discussing whether to raid a sugar plantation, 1715.[src]-[m]
A sugar plantation on Saint-Domingue

Plantations are large farms that typically grow cash crops like sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, opium, tea, or cotton at immense scale. The practice dates back to the Roman Empire's latifundia (Latin: "spacious farm/estate") made for grains and olive oil, and famously was a hallmark of European colonialism as it expanded the global economy.[1]

In modern times, the term primarily refers to the slave plantations that were widely prevalent and highly profitable throughout the Caribbean[2] and the growing United States in the 17th and 18th centuries.[3] They were often owned by a single family and worked by said family's slaves, who were kept under guard by a sizable contingent of soldiers.

History[edit | edit source]

In the 9th century, select farmers made tree plantations with oil palm trees in the Wilderness around the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Baghdad,[4] and date palm groves in the oases near al-Ula due to its high water table,[5] with the purpose of exporting the palm oil and dates, respectively, through the markets.

During the early 18th century, the Beckford and Drax estates owned the majority of the Caribbean's sugar plantations.[6][7] Because of the possible rewards obtainable from a successful raid, they were a promising though risky target for pirates. The pirate captain Edward Kenway once raided a Beckford-owned plantation on Mary Read's advice,[7] and continued to rob multiple plantations throughout the Caribbean, typically by looting money and resources from their warehouses.[8]

Up until September 1715, the Caribbean Templar Julien du Casse owned a small plantation on the island of Great Inagua. After Edward assassinated du Casse and took the cove for himself,[9] the plantation was maintained by the pirates.[8]

During the 1730s, there were many sizable plantations on and around the island of Saint-Domingue, including those at Wellington and Tortuga, as well as a number near the town of Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean Assassin Adéwalé raided all of these plantations during his time aiding the Maroon rebellion, not for their resources but to liberate their slaves, many of whom went on to join the rebellion.[10]

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  1. ↑ Plantation on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Sugar plantations in the Caribbean on Wikipedia
  3. ↑ Plantation complexes in the Southern United States on Wikipedia
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Valley of Memory – Database: Oasis Irrigation and Flora
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Thom Kavanagh's letters: #11
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Sugarcane and Its Yields
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – A Single Madman
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry

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