| Problems such as physical isolation, unsurveyed land, and food and labour shortages impeded initial development and threatened the settlement's survival. |
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| Because a small elite controlled the settlement's land and commerce, former slaves had little choice but to continue to work in timber cutting. |
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| During this period, a few successful settlers gained control of the local legislature, known as the Public Meeting, as well as of most of the settlement's land and timber. |
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