Savanna-la-Mar, Sept. 17, 1838.
I now, according to promise in my last, send you a few out of the many cases I am almost hourly troubled with. Some of our would-be great men are, I am sorry to say, harassing the poor free labourers shamefully; and should it prove, as I think in some cases it must, of serious injury to the absentee proprietors, I shall publish the cases of grievance brought me, together with the names of the estates, owners, attorneys, overseers, &c., and leave all parties to form their own opinion on the subject.
Amelia Martin, to Retrieve Estate, Dr.
1838: August 29.
| To house and ground, rent at 5s. per week, from 1st August to date | 4l. | 0 | 0 |
| [[A]]Alliac Davis, ground rent at 10d. per week | 3 | 0 | |
| [[A]]William Davis; ditto ditto | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 4l. | 6 | 4 | |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
Thos. Tats, Esq. is Attorney, and Mr. Comry
Overseer,
[Footnote [A]: Boys from 9 to 11, her sons.]
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Louisa Patter, to Retrieve Estate, Dr.
1838: Aug. 28.
| To house and ground from 1st Aug. to date | 1l. | 0 | 0 |
She states she has been sickly so long, that she has no ground in cultivation, and cannot help herself, and has only what yams her friends give her.