The preamble says authorities should distinguish enslaved people who willingly took an active part in rebellion from those “in some measure” compelled after enslavers fled to St George’s. This distinction was made by colonial lawmakers, not by a body representing the enslaved. It exposes how the state recognized constrained choice while retaining power to decide who had acted freely and what punishment would follow.
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Which distinction did the preamble say the law should make?
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The statute’s preamble explicitly contrasts active participation with participation under compulsion.