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Address by Lieutenant Governor of Tobago to the slaves, explaining what the Act for the Abolition of Slavery will mean to them,10th October, 1833. (The new law meant that the trade in enslaved people would be illegal, but those already enslaved would stay so). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.

Date: 10th October 1833.

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