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Governor George Fitzgerald Hill

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Governor George Fitzgerald Hill

Gender: Male

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On 1 August 1834, the British Slavery Abolition Act took effect in Trinidad. Children under six were freed, while most adults were placed in an apprenticeship system that compelled them to continue...