The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.
Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century.
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Robert Khederian,
Curbed,
17 Sep. 2025
Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.
Most of the poultry farms applying litter are in Arkansas, according to court testimony.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
These small California farmers operated entirely differently than the industrial farms in the United States, which prioritized transportability and profits over flavor and health.
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