The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... labour and slave labour sugar of foreign countries . The proposal gave rise to angry controversy . It was denounced by the opposition as hypocritical and quixotic , but Peel persisted and with difficulty carried the clause which imposed ...
... labour and slave labour sugar of foreign countries . The proposal gave rise to angry controversy . It was denounced by the opposition as hypocritical and quixotic , but Peel persisted and with difficulty carried the clause which imposed ...
Page 431
... labour . At this time , also , the English prison commissioners were anxious to try an experiment with a new system . A model prison had been erected at Millbank upon Jeremy Bentham's " panopticon " plan , six large wings radiating from ...
... labour . At this time , also , the English prison commissioners were anxious to try an experiment with a new system . A model prison had been erected at Millbank upon Jeremy Bentham's " panopticon " plan , six large wings radiating from ...
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... labour , and the plan of entirely depriving the people of their grounds now appears the mode most universally adopted . " 2 In Barbados the usual practice at first was to demand no rent if the negro worked a full week on the estate ...
... labour , and the plan of entirely depriving the people of their grounds now appears the mode most universally adopted . " 2 In Barbados the usual practice at first was to demand no rent if the negro worked a full week on the estate ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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