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Extract from a despatch
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Extract from a despatch from Lieutenant Govenor of St.Kitts to Secretary of State,18th November, 1834. Reporting on good working of 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: 18th November 1834
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Table showing convictions
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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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Extract from a despatch
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Extract from a despatch to secretary of St Christopher’s government from the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, 6th September, 1834. Reporting on the efforts of the island’s missionaries to explain the new laws to the apprentices. (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: 6th September 1834
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Letter
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Letter from Govenor General of St Kitts to Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, 2 August 1833. Letter reports on plantation owners’ and slaves’ views on emancipation (the freeing of slaves), and 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: 2 Aug 1833
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Letter
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Letter from Govenor General of St Kitts to Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, 10th July,1834. Report that slaves plan to resist the apprenticeship system and planned to strike from 1st August, the date when the new law came into
effect. (Slaves who were freed under the Emancipation Act, were then forced to work as apprentices).The Govenor General had gone around parishes on the island to explain the new system, but the slaves were not willing to listen. Speech enclosed with letter.From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 10th July 1834
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Letter reporting on Montserrat economy
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President of Montserrat (an island in the Caribbean) governing body to Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, 5th Jan, 1835. Letter reporting on island economy. It comments on the ill effects of emancipation (the freeing of slaves), and the need for free labour as the apprenticed slaves were lazy and indolent. (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: 5th Jan 1835
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Extract
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Extract from letter by Superintendant of Police to Govenor of Antigua, regarding the need for uniform wages rates for free labour and the problems of the indentured white servants (Europeans who sold their labour for a set period of time to work on the plantations).From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 1833-35
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Despatch from British government
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Copy of a despatch from British government to Governor of Antigua regarding proposed amendments to Emancipation Act (a law which gave slaves their freedom) and payment of compensation to owners for the loss of their slaves. From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 1833-35
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Comments
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Copy of a despatch from British government to Governor of Antigua with comments on a proposed new law regarding the punishment of slaves, December 1833.From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: December 1833
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Fermenting Boxes, Java
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Fermenting Boxes, Java.
The caption underneath the photograph reads From the last box the (cocoa) beans are shovelled into the washing basin.
Taken from Cocoa and Chocolate by A W Knapp.
Chocolate was first used as a drink, sweetened with sugar to mask the bitter flavour of the chocolate. Later it was used for making eating chocolate. At this period, most people drank beer, wine or spirits. Water was not safe to drink, tea coffee and chocolate were expensive. Quakers promoted drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.
Date: unknown
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Object ID:BLS 633-74-a3
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