Translations for planter in French

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"My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man, and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. At the time of the war he fought in Jackson's army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel. When Lee laid down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where he remained for three or four years. About 1869 or 1870 he came back to Europe, and took a small estate in Sussex, near Horsham. He had made a very considerable fortune in the States, and his reason for leaving them was his aversion to the negroes, and his dislike of the Republican policy in extending the franchise to them. He was a singular man, fierce and quick-tempered, very foul-mouthed when he was angry, and of a most retiring disposition. During all the years that he lived at Horsham I doubt if ever he set foot in the town. He had a garden and two or three fields round his house, and there he would take his exercise, though very often for weeks on end he would never leave his room. He drank a great deal of brandy, and smoked very heavily, but he would see no society, and did not want any friends, not even his own brother.

Mon oncle Elias émigra tout jeune en Amérique et devint planteur en Floride, où il s’enrichit de son côté. Au moment de la guerre, il combattit dans l’armée de Jackson, puis, sous les ordres de Hood qui le nomma colonel. Quand Lee déposa les armes, mon oncle regagna sa plantation et y resta trois ou quatre ans. Vers 1869 ou 1870 il revint en Europe et acheta une propriété dans le comté de Sussex, près de Horsham. Il avait amassé une belle fortune en Amérique ; et s’il quitta le pays, ce fut à cause de la répulsion que lui inspiraient les noirs et de son aversion pour la République qui les avait affranchis. C’était un homme original, nerveux, violent, emporté même et d’humeur peu sociable. Pendant tout son séjour à Horsham, je doute qu’il ait consenti à aller une seule fois à la ville. Il avait un jardin et deux ou trois champs autour de sa maison ; c’est là qu’il prenait de l’exercice quand il ne restait pas des semaines entières dans sa chambre. Il buvait beaucoup d’eau-de-vie, il était gros fumeur, aimait la solitude et ne cherchait pas à avoir des amis ; son frère même paraissait lui être indifférent.

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