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Proposed new law put to Antigua government for amending the Act for the Abolition of Slavery . The amendment allows immediate emancipation (freedom) for slaves on the Caribbean island of Antigua, without the usual period of apprenticeship. (Slaves who were later freed under the Emancipation Act, were then forced to work as apprentices). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.

Date: 1833-35

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