Amelioration Act Essay

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Amelioration can be defined as to make or become better, improve a condition. To ameliorate involves making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure. The Amelioration act has been seen throughout history as a statue passed to improve the conditions of slaves in the British Caribbean colonies and it is important to understand that this Act did not require an end to the institution we now know as slavery. Slavery was a vicious act committed against humanity and within our own history; rebellions and revolts occurred for this very reason and in the end to the institution we now know as slavery.
Amelioration policies were formulated to improve the conditions of slaves in the British West Indies because there were failed predictions that slave conditions would improve
All abolitionists wanted an end to slavery but often times all slaves wanted to be treated better. The different goals led to different attitudes of obtaining these goals. Some methods of the blacks become more radical and violent and were a direct reaction to life on plantations. Even with different methods, the outcome of the effort was better treatment for slaves on the plantations and eventual freedom. The Amelioration Act from the abolitionist view point was intended to stimulate the greatest level of productivity and to improve the conditions of the slaves, which would prepare them for life as free people. However for the Plantation owners, the amelioration policies were basically accepted by colonial legislatures simply to prevent interference of the mother country in the management of slaves and the reality is that these policies were never recognized in a single island. Perhaps if the British Government had enforced the Amelioration Acts more effectively, emancipation would have been hastened. The failure of the Amelioration Act can be understood as a direct result of the