this is given to a man by the name of john hodge and his partner william wemyss anderson, who are both an employee of the british honduras company based out of belize. anderson is important because he has a long-standing role in the british anti-slavery movement going back to the 1830s. he had been a crusader from scotland for the abolition of slavery in the british empire. he travels with hodge to washington to meet with lincoln at the white house and negotiate the terms of this agreement. anderson was actually based on the island of jamaica, which comes in and plays an important role in menard's later career. but this is the first time that they meet. anderson was a very wealthy and very religious philanthropist type that was stationed on the island of jamaica. he devoted most of his energy and his cause to bettering the condition of the blacks on the island and fighting for abolition internationally. so he allied with menard. they had a very natural agreement on ideas. but after this contract of sorts was signed, the u.s. immigration office decided they needed to investigate this si

rebellion zone where he fell under martial law, taken onboard a military ship where his lawyer, william wemyss anderson, attempts to visit him and serve a writ of habeas corpus that is refused by the military authorities. menard is aware of these events from the shore. he knows that his ally gordon has been taken captivity. he also probably knows through anderson what was going on. but after anderson is refused the writ of habeas corpus, the military authorities come in and they execute gordon for treason on a very trumped-up charge of inciting a revolt. menard himself is taken to a prison camp that was established around the morant bay area with samuel clark, and probably escapes the noose himself for the sole reason that he was an american citizen. the united states consulate at kingston noticed that an american was among the accused and began putting pressure on the british government to release him. this was achieved on the same day that samuel clark, his associate, is also brought up and executed in a similar manner as gordon. the u.s. consul takes menard, whisks him away to kingston and places hi