9 marksMetropolitan Movements towards Emancipation

CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2 · Question 8(b)

Explain why a period of apprenticeship was considered necessary prior to full freedom.

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8(a)Identify TWO clauses of the 1833 Act of Abolition, other than the promise of freedom, the payment of compensation, and apprenticeship.[4 marks]
8(c)Describe some of the difficulties experienced by the apprentices on the sugar plantation after 1 August 1834.[12 marks]

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