The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 109A. Constable, 1859 |
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Page 444
... islands have undergone . Misgovernment , above all , the mismanagement of their fiscal affairs , have , in the opinion of those most intimate with them , had a vast deal to do with their distresses . We shall exhibit this more fully in ...
... islands have undergone . Misgovernment , above all , the mismanagement of their fiscal affairs , have , in the opinion of those most intimate with them , had a vast deal to do with their distresses . We shall exhibit this more fully in ...
Page 447
... islands round to a state of true prosperity . We have already remarked that , when the artificial compul- sion which had concentrated almost the whole labouring force of the slave colonies on the one work of sugar - making , when that ...
... islands round to a state of true prosperity . We have already remarked that , when the artificial compul- sion which had concentrated almost the whole labouring force of the slave colonies on the one work of sugar - making , when that ...
Page 448
... islands † produced in the three last years ( 1855-6-7 ) , 7,427,618 cwt . against 7,405,849 , in the last three years of slavery . So too with rum . Without referring to the Mauritius ( whose export has increased to 150 times its former ...
... islands † produced in the three last years ( 1855-6-7 ) , 7,427,618 cwt . against 7,405,849 , in the last three years of slavery . So too with rum . Without referring to the Mauritius ( whose export has increased to 150 times its former ...
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the History of Slavery and to the Government | 1 |
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