Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether.
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Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 Aug. 2026
Even though public schooling became compulsory in 1896, the language barrier and the remote location of many plantations led to gaps in access to these laborers’ formal education.
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