5/154 That wherever there has been any disturbance in the working of the apprenticeship, it has been invariably by the fault of the masters, or of the officers charged with the execution of the "Abolition Act." 4. That the prejudice of caste is fast disappearing in the emancipated islands. That the apprenticeship was not sought for by the planters as a _preparation for freedom_. That no such preparation was needed. That the planters who have fairly made the "experiment," now greatly prefer the new system to the old. |