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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the West Indies, the keeper of the farm and animals on a plantation; one who has care of the estate or pen. See
pen , n., 4, and the extract underpen-keeping .
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We finally settled that, when the plough should be introduced on my estate (which I am very, anxious to accomplish, and substitute the labour of oxen for that of negroes, wherever it can possibly be done), Prince should be instructed in farming business; and, in the meanwhile, should officiate as a pen-keeper to look after the cattle.
Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845
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