Technical advice was provided to plantation managers and large landowners.
He worked hard to defend the rights of the cane-farmers, and in doing was brought into regular confrontation with the plantation managers.
Water was always a serious concern for plantation managers and owners.
The roças system, which gave the plantation managers a high degree of authority, led to abuses against the African farm workers.
The British plantation manager does not care for the workers.
During a tea party, an English socialite asks the plantation manager to bring in a real doctor to treat the workers.
Other plantation managers and converts arrived, then returned or died.
The labor surplus, for example, has allowed plantation managers and food processing companies in the area to drive already low wages down even further.
But the plantation managers would not allow him on the grounds, he said, arguing that it was private property.
Once found, the plantation manager would give them their next clue.