The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-06-24
SLAVE LABOR FOR THE
COAST.
DIVISION NO. 3.

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"a 4 requistion on the State Authorities for
1~enty FIVE hundred L,borcrs, the Comisson,
ers of the Roads aud the Town Authorities
within the Judicial Districts Of Lancaster, Ksr
shaw. Chesterfield. Marlboro, Darlington, Mari.
on, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and
Horny, including Upper All Saints, viii forth.
with summon all SHAREHOLDERS within their re.
spective limits to deliver onefourth Of their
slaves liable to road duty at the Depots nearest
the owners residence, at 10 o'clock a. m on
WEDNESDAY, the fifteenth day OF July proI.
18th July for transportation to Charleston
Tor thirty days labor on the Notifications.
III. The Legislature, at the April session ex.
empted the owners Of one road hand from liza.
blity under this Act, those who own two or
three, or fraction over = number divi.ible by
onetourth, will send forward one hand for such
| fraction, or Two owners having such iranctions
may unite them and send one hand on. Of cye
~ iour.
III. Overseers At the rate Of .one TO every
hundred hands are allowed, to be selected by
the owners aud paid by the Confederate Gov.
! err,ment Fifty Dollars per month
~. Receipts will be given at the Depots for
| the negroes, and Assessments in duplicate are
made OF the negroes before they are put to
| work
V. The Act requires the attendance Of one
Of the Commissioners at each Depot he will be
met by an Agent authorized to receipt for the
\ negroes.
| vi. Owners are requested to furnish their
hands with spades or shovels and three DAYS
rations; the Government have promised TO re.
turn the tools, and Communication will be sl,o cd
for the rations.
VII. Owners who hire Substitutes will furn.
ish me with a copy Of the receipt taken for
| Hat.s Il. n
and oil parties concerned may be protected.
VIII The press Of business on the Railroads
making It difficult for the companies to furnish
transportation at given hour 4; the Commis'
| sioners, &c, will cause the hands to assemble
At the hour named above and there wait tho
passage Of the train.
TX. The undersi gned. after three months eI.
perience takes pleasure in assuring the slave
owners that every possible care is taken Of the
negroes their health has been good, and every
possible comfort has been provided They are
promptly discharged at the end Of ths thirty
days, which 10 not only satisfactory to the own.
er ss complying with his just and reasonable
expectations, but this constant rotation Is al
most safeguard against camp diseases.
X. The credits due being almos: entirely ex,
hausted on the last call, IL is earnestly hoped
that the number required Of this division will
be prompt, furnished; one fourth Of the hands,
il sent forward, would more than supply she
demand. The importance Of the work Is such
A. should induce US ell to nike every possible
sacrifice The call has been postponed until
the press Of the plantation work is over IL
would have been made for June but for this
motive, and prompt'and full response 10 this
call may make IL the last on this Division.
WM. N. SHANNON,
Agent for the State Of South Carolina.
Camden. s. G., June 18th, lssa.
June ~, lae0 a0-A