this failure of amelioration relates to British West Indian history. It led to the emancipation of countries in the British West Indies.
The opposite of pejoration (worsening) would be amelioration (building, strengthening).
Amelioration in terms of slavery is the policy of improving slave conditions.
An amelioration is an act of ameliorating - of making better or improving.
In the year 1830, amelioration totally ended so that emancipation could have been achieved.
No, the word "surly" is not an amelioration. It typically has a negative connotation, meaning bad-tempered or unfriendly. An amelioration is a process where a word's meaning evolves to become more positive over time.
The introduction of new safety measures in the workplace led to the amelioration of employee well-being and productivity.
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No, the apprenticeship system came first before the amelioration proposal. The apprenticeship system was established in the early 19th century, whereas the amelioration proposals were introduced later as a means to improve working conditions for apprentices.
Oh, dude, amelioration failed because, like, it just didn't work out, you know? It's like when you try to make a recipe and it turns out to be a disaster - sometimes things just don't go as planned. So, yeah, amelioration didn't quite hit the mark this time.
Intended to improve the lot of slaves, the Amelioration Processes were to not allow overseers to carry whips in the field, slave marriages were to be allowed, slaves were to have weekends off to market and attend mass, women were not be flogged, families were not to be divided and slaves could not be sold as payment of debt. However white planters overwhelmingly refused to accept the Amelioration Processes.