I forgot to corect you on "slavery was abolished in 1834". Slavery was not abolished in 1834. A period of Apprenticeship was started in 1834 and meant to last fo six years, i.e., until 1840. However, because of alleged abuses by the owners, slavery was abolished two years earlier, i.e., in 1838, Ist of August.

Richard This is not strictly correct! Slavery was abolished in the Anglo-phone Caribbean (and Mauritius and Cape Colony but not elsewhere) on 1 August 1834 but for most former slaves they were tied to their owners for a further 4 or 6 years as apprentices - they were not slaves but were not strictly free - but this wasn't new for most free people! All children under the age of 6 were freed. Also two colonies including Antigua did not have apprenticeship so all their slaves were freed on 1 August 1834. Non-agricultural slaves were to be released from apprenticeship on 1 August 1838 and agricultural slaves on 1 August 1840. Although, due to Colonial Office pressure and local pressure and pressure for Anti-slavery lobby this was reduced to 1 August 1838. Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Germans in Jamaica PS > I forgot to correct you on "slavery was abolished in 1834". Slavery was not > abolished in 1834. A period of Apprenticeship was started in 1834 and meant > to last fo six years, i.e., until 1840. However, because of alleged abuses > by the owners, slavery was abolished two years earlier, i.e., in 1838, Ist > of August. > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST HELP PAGES > What is a Mailing List? > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/mail1.html > >

Hi Guy, Thanks for the reminder about the specifics of the Abolition of Slavery Act. Richard