This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XhB.2ACE/631.1.1 Message Board Post: So much I would assume, since the big sugar plantations would be about the only ones who could afford to "rent" that many prisoners. But would these have been county prisoners? State prisoners? I'm not even sure where to look for the records, if any were kept. Thanks for your insights. -- jgr