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Jamaican legislature

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Jamaican legislature

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A Commons amendment proposes ending Jamaican apprenticeship on 1 August

📅 6 April 1838

On 6 April 1838, James Stewart moved a clause during debate on the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill that would end apprenticeship in Jamaica on 1 August 1838. He argued that the Jamaican...