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BURNSIDE, John, planter, born in Ireland about 1800; died at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, 29 June, 1881. At the time of his death he was the largest sugar-planter in the United States. He began life in poverty, and his first business engagement was in a country store in Virginia; but so marked was his ability that he became partner in a large New Orleans house. About 1852 he began to invest money in sugar lands, and eventually owned ten of the finest plantations in the sugar district of Louisiana and the finest residence in New Orleans. In spite of the loss of more than 2,000 slaves, he was among the first to try sugar-planting with free labor on a large scale, and his success had much influence in re-establishing the broken industries and credit of the south.
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