爸爸是富裕的甘蔗种植园主，妈妈来自古巴地主阶级。

His father was a wealth sugar planter and his mother came from the Cuban landed gentry.

从这个意义上讲，种植园主对佃农的控制权被商人超过了。

In this sense, the planters' control over the tenants is replaced by the merchants.

一个重大的障碍就是种茶和种咖啡分别在锡兰和马来西亚获得了成功，这使得种植园主没有理由来试种一种没有试过的物种。

One major obstacle was the success of tea (Ceylon) and coffee (Malaya) gave planters no reason to try an untested crop.