Caribbean Historyi\Iay

June 2011

Question STheme 4 Metropolitan Movements Towards Emancipation

imagine that it is 1837 and you are Thomas Harvey, a visiting abolitionist to the Caribbean. Write aletter to the London Times newspaper explaining the reasons why apprentices continue to protestagainst the Apprenticeship System.

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Comments

This question targeted the apprenticeship system. Candidates were asked to explain why the Apprenticescontinued to protest against the Apprenticeship System.

Statement on overall quality

The quality of this answer was good.

Knowledge and Comprehension

The candidate displayed an acceptable level of knowledge and understanding of the question. There was alsoa satisfactory explanation as to why the apprentices found the system unacceptable. There was enough tomeet the requirements of a level II award.

Use of Knowledge

The candidate failed to explore definite issues, incidents and situations and this weakness reduced theeffectiveness of the interpretations presented. The analysis lacked the depth necessary for a mark at the top ofthe scale.

Enquiry and Communication

Utilising general knowledge hut writing skillfully the candidate earned a good mark. This candidatesknowledge base was limited in specific instances.

A better response would, in addition to recognising the fact that the planters had not experienced a change ofattitude and therefore did not relax the harsh estate discipline. would have required a greater familiarity withsome of these issues, the tendency to reclassify artisans to praedials (field worker) and the constant threat ofthis form of demotion, the demand that the apprentices work eight hours each day for five days each week,the tendency to feed the apprentices short supplies, the refusal to give apprentices other customaryindulgences, the refusal to pay for overtime work and the difficulty the apprentices experienced in purchasingtheir freedom.