Tutorial Questions for Caribbean History
PAST PAPER QUESTIONS – CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Emancipation
1. How significant was the rebellion in Jamaica (Christmas Rebellion) in 1831-2 as a cause of the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1833? 2. How significant a part did slaves play in ending slavery? 3. How important a factor was the resistance of the enslaved in bringing about emancipation in the Caribbean?
4. “The Emancipation Act (1833) favoured the planters more than the slaves.” Identify and discuss the parts of the Act which support this comment. 5. How similar were the terms of the emancipation laws for the Caribbean colonies of different European countries? 6. Why did the West India interest eventually accept legislation for the emancipation of slaves? 7. “The Act to emancipate slaves was more of a consequence than a cause of the economic decline of the sugar plantations in the WI.” Discuss.
8. The reason why slaves were emancipated was because plantation slavery had become unprofitable. Do you agree? 9. How important was humanitarian campaigning in bringing about slave emancipation in WI colonies? (You should illustrate your answer from 2 or more European countries.)
10. Why was slavery abolished earlier in the British than in the Spanish colonized Caribbean? 11. Why was the Spanish the last to emancipate their slaves? 12. Explain the factors which brought about the complete emancipation of slaves in Cuba from 1868 to 1886.
13. Explain why slave emancipation in the French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe finally came about in 1848. 14. Evaluate the factors which contributed to the emancipation of slaves in British and French Caribbean colonies. 15. Explain how emancipation was achieved in Haiti and other parts of the French Colonised Caribbean between 1794 and 1848.
16. Discuss the factors which account for the abolition of slavery in the British, French and Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. 17. Why was slavery
Emancipation
1. How significant was the rebellion in Jamaica (Christmas Rebellion) in 1831-2 as a cause of the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1833? 2. How significant a part did slaves play in ending slavery? 3. How important a factor was the resistance of the enslaved in bringing about emancipation in the Caribbean?
4. “The Emancipation Act (1833) favoured the planters more than the slaves.” Identify and discuss the parts of the Act which support this comment. 5. How similar were the terms of the emancipation laws for the Caribbean colonies of different European countries? 6. Why did the West India interest eventually accept legislation for the emancipation of slaves? 7. “The Act to emancipate slaves was more of a consequence than a cause of the economic decline of the sugar plantations in the WI.” Discuss.
8. The reason why slaves were emancipated was because plantation slavery had become unprofitable. Do you agree? 9. How important was humanitarian campaigning in bringing about slave emancipation in WI colonies? (You should illustrate your answer from 2 or more European countries.)
10. Why was slavery abolished earlier in the British than in the Spanish colonized Caribbean? 11. Why was the Spanish the last to emancipate their slaves? 12. Explain the factors which brought about the complete emancipation of slaves in Cuba from 1868 to 1886.
13. Explain why slave emancipation in the French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe finally came about in 1848. 14. Evaluate the factors which contributed to the emancipation of slaves in British and French Caribbean colonies. 15. Explain how emancipation was achieved in Haiti and other parts of the French Colonised Caribbean between 1794 and 1848.
16. Discuss the factors which account for the abolition of slavery in the British, French and Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. 17. Why was slavery