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Extract from despatch
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Extract from despatch from Lieutenant Governor to Secretary of State, 3rd March, 1835. Reporting on the labour situation over harvest time. (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: 3rd March 1835
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Proclamation
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Proclamation by the Governor of St Lucia, 25th July, 1834. Announcing that August 1st will thereafter be a day of thanksgiving. (August 1st 1834 was when the Emancipation Act became effective. The new law gave slaves their freedom, although they then worked as apprentices under a new system, whereby they earned a low wage and often worked for their old owner). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 25th July 1834
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Extract from despatch
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Extract from despatch from Lieutenant Govenor of Tobago to Secretary of State, 31st December, 1834. Reporting on the satisfactory conduct of the apprentices, or ex-slaves. (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: 31st December 1834
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Copy of despatch
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Copy of despatch from Lieutenant Governor of Trinidad to Secretary of State, 14th August, 1834. Reporting that all is now calm and the apprentices, or ex-slaves, have gone back to work. (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: 14th August 1834
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Address
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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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Protest against proposed law
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Copy of the solemn protest of the Assembly of St Vincent and its dependencies against the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, 17th October, 1833. (The proposed law meant that the trade in enslaved people would be illegal). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 17th October 1833
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Table
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Table showing general figures relating to the number of slaves the values of exports, on the island of St. Vincent .1830-34. From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 1830-34
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Letter
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Copy of a letter from J Sutherland to Lieutenant Governor of St. Vincent, 20th May, 1833. Reporting that slaves are very troublesome and plotting together in their resistance to 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: 20th May 1833
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Extract from a despatch
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Extract from a despatch from Lieutenant Govenor of Dominica to Secretary of State, 15th August, 1834. Reporting that the slave resistance to the apprenticeship system has been controlled. It mentions that the women slaves were the most violent and difficult to con trol during the troubles. (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: 15th August 1834
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Extract from a despatch
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Extract from a despatch from Lieutenant Govenor of St.Kitts to Govenor, 1st November, 1834. Reporting that the apprenticeship system now seems to be working. (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: 1st November 1834
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