Decree 1303 provided that Africans who completed the prescribed fourteen-year service could seek emancipation, while also directing where they could reside and that they take paid work or service. This was a constrained route out of state-assigned labor, not ordinary freedom of movement. The decree illustrates how the category of “free African” could coexist with official control over residence and occupation.
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What constraint remained for Africans under Decree 1303?
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After service, the decree still prescribed residence and occupation conditions.
Decree 1303 guaranteed emancipated Africans freedom to choose any residence and occupation.
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The decree prescribed residence and paid work or service conditions.