A Taste of Paradise
““I’ve come to bid you good-bye, Sophia,” Rayford said.
“You’re leaving?”
“Sir Rigby offered me employment as his overseer, but I refused. I might have accepted if I hadn’t learned what he and other plantation owners are planning. I wanted no part of it. I’m not putting my life in danger for them. I’ve booked passage aboard the Mary Deare. Most of the planters are sending their families home, and I wondered if you were going with them.”
Sophia’s mind was focused on what Rayford had said about th...e plantation owners’ plans. “What do you mean? What are the plantation owners planning?”
“You mean your husband hasn’t told you about the militia?”
“What militia?”
“Rigby and some of the other planters have formed a militia. They intend to flush the Maroons out of the foothills and kill as many of them as they can find.”
“No! That’s inhuman. When is the attack supposed to take place?”
“Soon, I think. They believe Sam Sharp is behind the recent problems they have been having with their slaves.MoreLess
“You’re leaving?”
“Sir Rigby offered me employment as his overseer, but I refused. I might have accepted if I hadn’t learned what he and other plantation owners are planning. I wanted no part of it. I’m not putting my life in danger for them. I’ve booked passage aboard the Mary Deare. Most of the planters are sending their families home, and I wondered if you were going with them.”
Sophia’s mind was focused on what Rayford had said about th...e plantation owners’ plans. “What do you mean? What are the plantation owners planning?”
“You mean your husband hasn’t told you about the militia?”
“What militia?”
“Rigby and some of the other planters have formed a militia. They intend to flush the Maroons out of the foothills and kill as many of them as they can find.”
“No! That’s inhuman. When is the attack supposed to take place?”
“Soon, I think. They believe Sam Sharp is behind the recent problems they have been having with their slaves.MoreLess
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