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Unit 5
Grades 9-10
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Apprenticeship in Practice: 'But Another Name for Slavery'

For the roughly 800,000 people the 1833 Act nominally freed, August 1, 1834, did not bring the immediate, complete liberty the date is often remembered for. Instead, most former enslaved people entered directly into the apprenticeship system, legally required to continue working…

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