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14. Read the Statement below, and then answer the questions that follow.
15. While many people continued to travel by foot, the Caribbean transportation system
underwent considerable change in the late 19th century, and during the 20th century.
16. Identify Three means other than by foot, by which travel was possible in the mid
19th century in the Caribbean. ( 3 marks)
17. Outline Three difficulties encountered in transportation in the Caribbean in the mid
19th century. (10 marks)
18. Outline the reasons for the changes in the means of transportation in the Caribbean
between 1850 and 1962. (12 marks)
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British. These measures produced similar responses in both the French and British sugar
colonies.
Identify Three amelioration policies introduced by either the British or the French in the
Caribbean sugar colonies. (6 marks)
Explain why the British Government introduced the Amelioration measures in the British
colonies. (9 marks)
Explain how the planter in the British colonies responded to the Amelioration measures.
(10 marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The British authorities passed the Act of Abolition in 1833 in order to bring an end to the
system 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)
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 August 1, 1834. (12 marks)
Name Two groups who supported the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the
1800s. (2 marks)
Name Two groups who opposed the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the
1800s (2 marks)
Explain why there was opposition to the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the
1800s.
(12 marks)
Describe how the anti-slavery movement organized its activities to end slavery in the
British Caribbean in the 1800s. (9 marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The British were the first to abolish plantation slavery in 1834. The French did not manage
to do son until 1848. Spain found it even more difficult to do so in Cuba, where the system
was not abolished until 1886.
Account for the success of the British anti slavery movement in 1834. (12 marks)
Outline Four reasons why France abolished slavery in 1848 (8 marks)
Explain why Spain abolished slavery in Cuba in 1886. ( 5 marks)