| Mr. Oliver | |
|---|---|
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| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Merchant |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | Alive |
| Ships | none |
| Relationships | Marion Guthrie (employer)
Joseph Guthrie (employer) |
| Appearances | First: XXXV.
Last: XXXVIII. |
| Portrayed by | Jose Domingos |
Mr. Oliver was a high ranking employee who was in charge of the operations of the Guthrie Trading Company.
Biography[]
Season Four[]
To ensure that the proposal that Max and Jack Rackham is credible, Marion Guthrie has Mr. Oliver look over the ledgers Max provided. After looking over the books, he asks Max about her lack of unpaid laborers. He says that given the extent of her operations, which include cargo, sugar transportation and building and all sorts of things that require manual laborer. He is astonished to learn that all her laborers are paid, for she owns no slaves. He remarks that it is unwise for her to have no slaves and pay for everything in the Bahamas. Max then explains that in Nassau, so many slaves have been freed and joined pirate crews that it would be unlikely that any would submit to slavery easily. She says that to pay for wages costs far less than paying to replace defectors or for guards. After Marion's prodding, Max also reveals that she was once a slave, and refuses to be either property or master.
Mr. Oliver is later involved in finalizing the agreement between his employers and Max and Rackham. This includes the terms of the Maroon treaty, the rebuilding and civilizing of Nassau and the imprisonment of Woodes Rogers. At the trial of Woodes Rogers, he reads the affidavits against him while Rogers looks on in dismay.
Quotes[]
Dialogue[]
“I beg your pardon, ma’am. There are entries for your wage laborers here, but I see no accounting for the others.”
“I have no other laborers.”
“Your slaves, ma’am.”
“I own no slaves and none work in my employ.”
“I see cargo operations uh, transportation of sugar, building, all sorts of manual labor.”
“That is correct.”
“In the Bahamas, and you pay wages for all of that?” That doesn’t seem very wise to me.”
“You are not from Nassau. In Nassau, slaves have seen too many of their own find freedom amongst crews on the account. It costs less to pay wages than to replace defectors, or worse yet, to pay guards to watch my door as I sleep.”
About Mr. Oliver[]
"Mr. Oliver oversees our operations. Before I can be convinced that your proposal is credible, he'll need to be convinced that your proposal is credible."
- Marion Guthrie to Max in XXXV.
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