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4 marksMetropolitan Movements towards Emancipation

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

A statement regarding the terms and impact of the 1833 Act of Abolition in the British Caribbean.

Identify TWO clauses of the 1833 Act of Abolition, other than the promise of freedom, the payment of compensation, and apprenticeship.

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  1. 8(b)Explain why a period of apprenticeship was considered necessary prior to full freedom.[9 marks]
  2. 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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