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Sugar Planters

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Sugar Planters has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 27 references, with 6 live disagreements.

100 facts·91 predicates·27 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:covet services of(3), never harmed aborigines(3), insist on deference from(2)

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Inbound mentions (24)

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neverHarmedAboriginesNever Harmed Aborigines(1)

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Other facts (100)

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100 facts
PredicateValueRef
Covet Services ofChinese[2]
Covet Services ofChinese[12]
Covet Services ofChinese Labourers[12]
Never Harmed Aboriginesnull[18]
Never Harmed Aboriginesnull[21]
Never Harmed AboriginesSugar Planters[26]
Insist on Deference FromUnder Their Thumb[2]
Insist on Deference FromThose Under Thumb[2]
Described Sarcastically Asbloated planters[2]
Described Sarcastically AsUnselfish Philanthropic[1]
Have Traitparsimony[2]
Have Traitcool indifference to hands[2]
Never HarmedAborigines[17]
Never HarmedAborigines[20]
Evaluated Asmost alive to importance of adequate representation[27]
Evaluated Asrallied round commissioners with praiseworthy zeal[27]
RequireColored Labour[1]
Waiting on Action ofQld Government[2]
IntroducingCingalese Without Gov Consult[2]
Restricted toAgriculture[2]
Found InsufficientPolynesian Labour[2]
Considered SourcingIndian Labour[2]
Turned to Ceylon and India for LabourCingalese and Indians[2]
Experienced FromMauritius[1]
FromClarence[1]
Selected Land onRussell River[1]
Presupposes Industry Needs Cheap Labornull[3]
Preferable TeachersVs Beachcombers[4]
Pay Per Head23[4]
Should Look forCheap Reliable Labor Machinery[5]
Reputation at Risktrue[6]
Forget or Scorn to Subscribenull[2]
Have Parsimony and Cool Indifference toHands[2]
At Expense ofSubscribers[2]
Trait of Charactermarked traits[2]
Ontologically Aristocratic Magnatesnull[2]
Assume SuperiorityEveryone Else[2]
Treat Niggers Poorly Post SepBlack Brown Labourers[2]
Never Employ Whites If Blacks Availabletrue[2]
Exhibit ParsimonyLabourers[2]
Insist on DeferenceSubordinates[2]
Indifferent toBurden Labourers[2]
Cannot Afford WagesOther Industries[1]
Aim atCoolie Only Workforce[1]
Exact Deference FromSubordinates[2]
Assume Superiority OverAnybody Else[2]
Classified Aslords[2]
Demean Themselves by Not SubscribingHospital[2]
Will Becomesupreme caste[2]
Unlikely to Take Advantage ofImmigration Act Amendment Act[1]
Existentially Committed As Major Employersnull[1]
Say It Will Not Pay to Grow Sugar WithWhite Labour[1]
Under Compulsion FromQueensland Government[1]
Do Not Believe Will ServeImported Labour Purpose[1]
Not Acting of Own Free Willnull[1]
Had Justification for MakingDemands to Government[1]
Ask That Government Enforce Observance ofAgreements by Imported Labourers[1]
Attempting to IntroduceWhite Labour for Plantation Work[1]
Have Not Taken Advantage ofImmigration Act Amendment Act[1]
Face General Disasternull[4]
Some Have Confidence in Futurenull[4]
ErectingHouse of Cards[1]
HaveLarge Connections in England[1]
Will BeCheckmated[1]
SpentLarge Amount of English Capital[1]
Would Do Away WithResponsible Government[1]
Not Cause of Feartrue[3]
Labor Shortage Crisis{}[7]
Benefited From Seasonhighly[1]
Motivated by ProfitBetter Prices Quicker Returns[1]
Should NotRe Kindle 1884 Fire[4]
Extending Operationsnull[8]
Incurring Expense forBest Machinery Mills[8]
Guarantees to PayCost of Construction[9]
GuaranteesWhole of Traffic[9]
InMackay[9]
ConcerningConstruction of Eight Branch Lines[9]
Has Reduced Profitstrue[10]
Suffering FromPrice Fall[10]
Engage inLabour Traffic[2]
Gives Aid to Separationtrue[11]
Knows Isolating White Workmen Aids Colored Labortrue[11]
Need Chinese Labourtrue[12]
Presupposes Labor Needsnull[13]
Most in DistrictMaryborough District[14]
Looking Out forEuropean Laborers[14]
Preparing forCrushing Season[14]
NeededCheap Labourers[15]
RequiresCheap Agricultural Labour[16]
Abominable Traffic on Last Legstrue[19]
Ruined Financially byAbolition of Coloured Labour[20]
Spent Best Years and Millionsnull[21]
Needsgangs of cheap labourers possessing some knowledge of agriculture[21]
Knew Chance to Overcome Objection toColoured Labour[22]
Gave Powerful Aid toSeparation[22]
Gives Aid toSeparation[23]
Supports SeparationSeparation Movement[24]
Aims to IsolateWhite Workers North[24]
Supported Separation to Isolate White Workerstrue[25]
Have Facedmany and serious discouragements[27]

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most alive to importance of adequate representation
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many and serious discouragements
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rallied round commissioners with praiseworthy zeal

References (27)

27 references
  1. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  2. [2]Cingalese29 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  3. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  4. [4]Beche De Mer5 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  5. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  6. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
  7. [7]John Davis1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  8. [8]Fallen Women2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  9. [9]Prostitution4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  10. [10]Bloomfield2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  11. [11]Reynolds2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  12. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/71985746_Saturday-5-August-1882-cingalese-via-cooktown-ahoyra-1882
  13. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/292521298_Saturday-9-August-1884-general-news
  14. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/146771073_Tuesday-11-May-1886_LOCAL-NEWS
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-mail-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-83af66c9d4b8
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  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/14-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-292610051-ebcab6e927b9
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-8a88a944988d
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-4433e6ffd325
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-precise-search-mowbray-vale-james-reynolds
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-article-4492051
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-reynolds-cattle-creek-mowbray-hotel-4492051
  25. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-4492051-james-reynolds-mowbray-black-boy-targeted-windows
  26. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northmost-australia-vol2-cooktown-coen-archer-context
  27. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--james-walker-maryborough--tuesday 22 december 1885--3455010--queensland-s-display-for-the-indian-and-colonial-exhibition

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