colonists
- plantations in Antigua are worth without the negroes as much as they were worth formerly with their gangs of slaves
the plantations are worth, without the negroes, as much as they were worth formerly with their gangs of slaves
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage as a quote attributed to Captain Larlyle reporting what colonists believe: 'If the colonists are to be believed, the plantations are worth, without the negroes, as much as they were worth formerly with their gangs of slaves.' The exact wording matches the passage and is properly contextualized as the colonists' assertion.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is highly faithful to the passage. The quote matches verbatim, the viewpoint is correctly attributed to 'colonists' (as Captain Larlyle attributes the statement to them with 'If the colonists are to be believed'), stance is 'asserts' which is appropriate for a conditional belief statement, and sentiment is neutral. The time qualifiers are correctly left null/empty since no specific temporal reference is given beyond the general context of post-emancipation Antigua. Context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict this to a particular sense or role. Minor deduction: the perspective could be more precisely noted as 'according to colonists (via Captain Larlyle)' to capture the full attribution chain, though 'colonists' as the viewpoint is acceptable as presented in the passage.