The British Slavery Abolition Act took effect. More than 23,600 enslaved people in Grenada were legally reclassified as apprentices, not granted full control over their labour and movement. Field workers could be compelled to work for former owners under the apprenticeship system. Owners received compensation; freed people did not receive comparable reparations.
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What status did many enslaved people in Grenada receive on 1 August 1834?
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Legal slavery ended, but apprenticeship retained coercive labour obligations.
On 1 August 1834, all formerly enslaved people in Grenada immediately received unrestricted freedom from compulsory work.
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Many were classified as apprentices and compelled to work under that system.