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Question § Read t . fhe passage below, and answer the questions that follow. She British authorities passed the Act of Abolition in 1833 in order to bring an end to the azesem of chattel slavery on the Caribbean plantations. The Act contained several clauses among which were the promise of freedom, the payment of compensation and a period of apprenticeship. Even so the Act made neither the planters nor the apprentices happy. (@) Identify TWO clauses of the 1833 Act of. Abolition, other than those listed above. (4 marks) (b) Explain why a period of apprenticeship was considered necessary prior to full freedom. . (9 marks) (©) __ Describe some of the difficulties experienced by the apprentices on the sugar plantation after 1 August 1834. (12 marks) ‘Total 25 marks

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