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Apprenticeship PDF
Mark Morris
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ON THE 29th day of August, 1833,668,000 slaves were made partially free as a result of the
Emancipation Act. The law took effect on August 1, 1834 by way of Order-in-Council sent to the Crown
Colony islands (Trinidad, Br. Guiana &St. Lucia). Copies of the Emancipation Act was sent to the other
islands with representative government for them to follow suit with the promise of compensation.
The Emancipation Act made:
1. All Children under 6 years from
August 1, 1834, however, if the mothers
were destitute, the child would be indentured
from age 12 years to 21 years.
2. II. Older children above 6 years
would serve a period of apprenticeship
based on the area of industry they had
worked 1 year before emancipation. As
such Praedial/Field slaves would serve an
apprenticeship of 6 years (1840) while
Non-Praedial Domestic Slaves, 4 years
(1838).
3. III. The apprentices would work 3/4
of the working week (40 1/2 hours) for
old masters without wages and 1/4(13
1/2 hrs) for wages (could be used to purchase
freedom)
4. IV) The British Govt. sent Special
Magistrates (Stipendiary Magistrates) to
adjudicate minor disputes between exslaves
and masters.
5. V). The British Govt. allocated
$20M to planters in compensation for the
loss of property on conditions that local
legislature passed laws to bring emancipation,
$ 16.5m was shared among B.W.I.
according to the number of slaves that
planters owned. In BG planters received
52 pound per slave, Trinidad 50 pound,
Jamaica 20 pound, Barbados 21 pound, St
Kitts 17 pounds. Antigua 15 pound and
Bermuda 12 pound.
6. VI. The apprentices retain the rights
of their houses and provision grounds and
were free to hire themselves out during
their spare time or work on provision
grounds:
7. VII. Special magistrates were to
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