<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">plantation owners</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>plantations</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>owners</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>owners, plantation</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>plantation owner</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>plantation-owners</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ People or groups of people who own and oversee the high-level operation of plantations, which are agricultural complexes usually worked by resident labor, often reserved for those in tropical or sub-tropical locations. The term often has negative connotations in modern usage, because many plantations relied upon the labor of enslaved people in the 17th through 19th centuries. ]]></note></mads>