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Report from Special Justice, Parish of St Thomas in the East, Jamaica, 1835. Reporting on the status quo of the district and the apprenticeship system, commenting on how well the the apprentices behave under the new system.Slaves were freed under the Emancipation Act, but were then forced to work as apprentices). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.

Date: 1835

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