He purchased or sold slaves for his client, arranged for the hiring of slaves or the placing of the planter's children in distant schools, gave advice concerning the condition of the market or the advisability of selling or withholding his crop, and bought for his client a large proportion of the plantation supplies.
For his client, he engaged in transactions involving slaves, arranged for their hiring or schooling, offered advice about market conditions or crop sales, and acquired a significant amount of the plantation's supplies.