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The next morning, Mr. Crawford talks to you and the other sixteen servants he signed up. He says there are two different colonies you could go to—Maryland or Barbados. You have to decide today, because the ships are leaving tomorrow.

As soon as Mr. Crawford leaves, all of the women start talking about the colonies. “I hear they work you do death in Barbados—I’ll not go there if I can help it!” “But Barbados is in the Caribbean. It doesn’t get cold there—we won’t freeze like we do here!” “In Barbados, they’ll put you on a sugar plantation with a hundred other servants. You’ll be lucky to last a year before you die from the fever!” “It will take longer to get to Maryland. I want to be off that ship as soon as I can.”

Most of the women are going to Maryland. It sounds like conditions in Barbados are far worse for servants.

**WHAT WILL YOU DO?**

Go to Maryland.

Go to Barbados.


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