hip ▁system ▁was ▁simply ▁bond age ▁under ▁another ▁name . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁some ▁abs ente e ▁slave ▁own ers ▁on ▁St . ▁K itt s ▁fre ed ▁all , ▁or ▁most , ▁of ▁their ▁slaves . ▁Thus ▁the ▁transition ▁from ▁app rent ices hip ▁to ▁sla very ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁resistance , ▁both ▁“ qu iet ▁and ▁dis qu iet ”. ▁▁ ▁On ▁the ▁day ▁the ▁app rent ices hip ▁program ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁begin , ▁August ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁few ▁app rent ices ▁on ▁St . K itt s ▁showed ▁up ▁to ▁their ▁positions . ▁ ▁Those ▁that ▁did ▁t ended ▁to ▁hold ▁more ▁sk illed ▁positions , ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁strat ification ▁among ▁slaves ▁themselves . ▁ ▁The ▁resistance ▁was ▁high ▁enough ▁that ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁The ▁Le ew ard ▁Islands , ▁E van ▁Murray ▁Mac greg or , ▁announced ▁that ▁if ▁app rent ices ▁didn ’ t ▁return ▁by ▁the ▁ 6 th , ▁mart ial ▁law ▁would ▁go ▁into ▁effect . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁app rent ices ▁were ▁leaving ▁their ▁homes ▁and ▁fle eing ▁to ▁the ▁hills . ▁▁ ▁Plan ters ▁attempted ▁to ▁qu ell ▁the ▁revol t ▁by ▁ident ifying ▁leaders ▁and ▁pun ishing ▁them ▁with ▁j ail ▁time ▁or ▁l ash es , ▁but ▁ 2 ▁weeks ▁after ▁the ▁app rent ices hip ▁program ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁start , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁workers ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁mountains . ▁ ▁While ▁August ▁was ▁the ▁down ▁season ▁for