A Narrative of the Events since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica

Williams, James (Author)

A Narrative of the Events since the First of August, 1834, is a short first-person narrative that tells the story of the formerly enslaved James Williams, and his experience working as an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica. Begining on August 1st of 1834, the same day the Slavery Abolition Act was enacted, this text chronicles the mandatory six-year 'apprenticeship' of work the enslaves would have to do in order to receive their full freedoms. After the narrative was published in 1837, a Commission of Inquiry gathered evidence of the abuses that were endemic during the apprenticeship period, which was published in pamphlets in 1838.

London, England, 1837

English

Narratives
Slave Narratives
Early Caribbean Slave Narratives
Jamaica
Jamaica
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

August 01, 1834-June 01, 1837

Williams, James. A Narrative of the Events since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica. London: J. Rider, 1837.

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