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@Django posted:

INDIAN SETTLEMENTS

On the West Coast Demerara, Windsor Forest and La Jalousie, with a combined area of 3,000 acres, was offered for rent at a rate of one dollar per acre for the first year, and six dollars for each subsequent year. The tenants had the option of purchasing the land by paying $8.50 per acre for 25 years. A nearby estate, Hague, was also leased out in lots and offered under similar terms.

http://www.guyana.org/features...story/chapter81.html

Wow!! I never knew this.. thnx for sharing!

Lynn
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