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Table showing number of convictions under court-martial for offences, 6-18th August 1834. St.Kitts was placed under martial law for a short time because of the rebellion of slaves against the apprenticeship system.(Slaves who were freed under the Emancipation Act, were then forced to work as apprentices). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.

Date: 6-18th August 1834

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