The National Archives guide states that from 10 May 1837, people manumitted on the Leeward Islands could not leave the colony for “a year and a day,” although it was often not applied in practice. Legal freedom therefore did not immediately mean freedom of movement; enforcement and actual lives could differ from the rule.
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