▁far ming , ▁slave ▁own ers ▁were ▁still ▁wor ried ▁about ▁their ▁un att ended ▁liv est ock . ▁ ▁To ▁combat ▁the ▁revol t , ▁plan ters ▁burn ed ▁the ▁homes ▁and ▁poss essions ▁of ▁absent ▁app rent ices . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁milit ia ▁were ▁sent ▁into ▁the ▁mountains ▁to ▁drive ▁resistance ▁members ▁from ▁their ▁temporary ▁homes . ▁ ▁The ▁combination ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁actions ▁brought ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁slaves ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁mountains ▁and ▁mart ial ▁law ▁was ▁lifted ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 8 . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁no ▁recorded ▁death s ▁or ▁inj uries ▁from ▁the ▁revol t , ▁although ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁resistance ▁received ▁j ail ▁time , ▁l ash es , ▁or ▁were ▁ex iled . ▁ ▁The ▁remaining ▁ 3 ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁app rent ices hip ▁continued ▁relatively ▁peace fully . ▁▁ ▁After ▁em an cip ation , ▁differences ▁began ▁to ▁develop ▁between ▁life ▁on ▁St . ▁K itt s ▁and ▁on ▁Ne vis . ▁ ▁Plan ters ▁on ▁Ne vis , ▁which ▁is ▁smaller ▁and ▁has ▁less ▁fert ile ▁land , ▁had ▁trouble ▁offering ▁compet itive ▁w ages ▁to ▁their ▁workers . ▁▁ ▁To ▁combat ▁this , ▁they ▁allowed ▁labour ers ▁to ▁share ▁in ▁the ▁prof its ▁of ▁the ▁sugar c ane ▁they ▁grew . ▁▁ ▁While ▁white ▁plan ters ▁continued ▁to ▁own ▁land , ▁on ▁Ne vis ▁black ▁field ▁labour ers ▁had ▁greater ▁t ies ▁to ▁it . ▁▁ ▁They ▁thus ▁had ▁greater ▁control ▁over ▁what ▁could ▁be