What Are Cleavage and Fracture? How Are These Physical Properties

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Essay

What are cleavage and fracture? How are these physical properties similar? How are they different?

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Definitions:

Wealthy Planters

Individuals or families who own large agricultural estates, often worked by slaves or laborers, and hold significant social, economic, and political power.

Backcountry Farmers

Farmers in the 18th and 19th centuries located in remote rural areas of the American colonies and the United States, often living on the frontier and practicing subsistence farming.

Benedict Arnold

An American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War before defecting to the British side, becoming synonymous with the term traitor.

War for Independence

The conflict between the Thirteen American Colonies and Great Britain from 1775 to 1783, resulting in the establishment of the United States of America.