1991 $5 Abolition of Slavery KM-145 Americas 500th Anniversary, DCAM PR69DCAM 认证号46515670, PCGS号882428

On August 1st, 1834, slavery expired as an institution sanctioned by law and seemed to deliver from an intolerable structural predicament the 10,000-odd men, women, and children in The Bahamas. The first article “Emancipation but not Freedom” addressed the conditions of slavery and the years 1834 to 1838, the Apprenticeship period (Thompson & Saunders, 2019a). Enslaved men and women found themselves intentionally hobbled by the laws that structured their enslavement. They could not move about freely; gather among themselves on their own terms; carry certain objects; generally, give evidence against a white person; be involved in certain economic activities, and could not speak freely. Indeed, they dare not involve themselves in seeking to change the social order. And, limits such as these on their freedom of voice, action, and initiative only grew as their numbers in the community