Mounted Overseers of the British plantation

The Overseers were hired by plantation owners to direct the field workers. These Overseers were usually of a lower social class than the owners and not well-educated. Their goal was to optimize profits which translated to fear, intimidation and punishment for the workers.

Mounted Overseers at Plantation Springlands, British Guiana (1910)

Sources:
[image] The Berbice Gazette Store, British Guiana