There is no difficulty in inducing the apprentices to work on Saturday.

They are usually willing to work if proper wages are given them.

If they are not needed on the estates, they either work on their own grounds, or on some neighboring estate.
9.

The special magistrates were all of the opinion that it would have been entirely safe to have emancipated the slaves of Barbadoes in 1834.
They did not believe that any preparation was needed; but that entire emancipation would have been decidedly better than the apprenticeship.
10.

The magistrates also stated that the number of complaints brought before them was comparatively small, and it was gradually diminishing.
The offences were of a very trivial nature, mostly cases of slight insubordination, such as impertinent replies and disobedience of orders.
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