W. F. DeSaussure, Intendant of the town of Columbia, joins other town wardens in voicing many concerns facing their town. One such issue concerns the increase in the number of self-hired slaves who have "very much the control of their time and movements." He argues that the rapid growth of this class of individuals "render it expedient that they should be better known to the Police, and more under their control than they now are." Town officials therefore recommend the passing of an ordinance “requiring the owners of slaves hired out in the Town of Columbia to make return of such slaves to the Town Council and to take out badges."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
