FOOTNOTES:
[1] He planted at this time one thousand acres of rice successfully.
[2] Marcus has since died. He was found one morning in his stable, where he had gone to harness his horse, leaning against the manger, stiff in death. He bore a high character, and his death was regretted by white and black.
[3] "Yedde" means to hear in real gullah, which some of the old darkies still use.
[4] "ne" is a contraction of "in the."
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