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    THE EMANCIPATION FROM SLAVERY.

    GRADE 8 FRANCIS

    Please complete these 2 assignments.

    #1 is to be done and sent in on THURSDAY, May 14, 2020

    #2 is to be sent in by Monday May 18,2020

    Read Chapter 14, pg. 74-78 and then answer the following questions.

    #1 EMANCIPATION FROM SLAVERY / 20

    1.State 2 arguments used for the ending of slavery. [2]

    2. State 2 arguments used against the ending of slavery. [2]

    3. Who do you think made arguments against emancipation. [1]

    4. Which law was passed in 1823. Name 2. [3]

    5. What was the aim of this law? [1]

    6. Why did this law fail? [1]

    7. What is the meaning of manumission? [1]

    8. How was the British public made aware of the horrors of slavery? [3]

    9. In which year was the Act of Emancipation passed? [1]

    10. “Apprenticeship only delayed the inevitable”. Do you agree. Explain why this is so. [5]

    #2 POST EMANCIPATION /15

    1. When were the slaves fully freed from slavery? [1]

    2. What were 2 problems the freed slaves had to face? [2]

    3. Name 3 “Free Villages” which were established for freed Africans in The Bahamas. [3]

    4. Why was share-cropping an unfair practice? [1]

    5. What were 3 things the freed blacks did to help themselves in the new life? [3]

    6. What were five ways in which the blacks were excluded from the society? [5]

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