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Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
DIVScholarly edition of a slave narrative that tells of life as an "apprentice" under the British gradual emancipation plan./div
In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The seventeen essays are organised around three major themes, the first of which is the changing constellation of forces sustaining long-run economic growth in market economies. The second major theme concerns the contemporary challenges posed by transitions in economic and political regimes, and by ideologies that represent legacies from past economic conditions that still affect policy responses to new 'crises'. The third theme is modern economic growth's diverse implications for human economic welfare - in terms of economic security, nutritional and health status, and old age support - and the institutional mechanisms communities have developed to cope with the risks that individuals are exposed to by the concomitants of rising prosperity.
Excerpt from The Operation of the Apprenticeship System in the British Colonies: A Statement, the Substance of Which Was Presented and Adopted at the Meeting of the Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society, December 19th 1837; With References to Official Documents, Authentic Narratives, and Additional Subsequent Information "I propose," then," he said, "that every slave, on the passing of this Act, shall forthwith have the power of claiming to be put in a situation, in which he shall enjoy all the privileges of a free man, - in which he shall feel no taint of his servile condition, - in which he shall be freed from the atrocious system of irresponsible corporeal punishment, - in which he shall have the full enjoyment of his domestic ties, - in which he shall not be compelled to see those that are nearest and dearest to him insulted by punishment, or liable to degradation, - in which his evidence shall not be disputable in a court of justice, - in which his right to property of every description shall be as undisputed as every other class of the King's subjects, - in which he shall enjoy every right and every privilege of A Free Man, subject to this restriction, and this restriction only, that he shall, for a certain time, remain under contract to labour industriously in the service of his present owner, but his then employer." Notwithstanding this explicit avowal, and although the conditions of the contract have been, in every respect, fulfilled by the British Government, and those required of the Negroes have been performed in the most exemplary manner; - the conditions required of the Colonists have been, and continue to be, in the majority of cases, violated. The Twenty Millions sterling has been freely and honorably paid; but adequate and satisfactory provision for carrying into effect the design of the measure, has not been furnished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In 1834 Antigua became the only British colony in the Caribbean to move directly from slavery to full emancipation. Immediate freedom, however, did not live up to its promise, as it did not guarantee any level of stability or autonomy, and the implementation of new forms of coercion and control made it, in many ways, indistinguishable from slavery. In Troubling Freedom Natasha Lightfoot tells the story of how Antigua's newly freed black working people struggled to realize freedom in their everyday lives, prior to and in the decades following emancipation. She presents freedpeople's efforts to form an efficient workforce, acquire property, secure housing, worship, and build independent communities in response to elite prescriptions for acceptable behavior and oppression. Despite its continued efforts, Antigua's black population failed to convince whites that its members were worthy of full economic and political inclusion. By highlighting the diverse ways freedpeople defined and created freedom through quotidian acts of survival and occasional uprisings, Lightfoot complicates conceptions of freedom and the general narrative that landlessness was the primary constraint for newly emancipated slaves in the Caribbean.