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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Page 504
... supply the new demands which had sprung up in a state of freedom . Against this reduction in the supply of labour must however be set certain increases . Firstly , large numbers of free black and coloured people who during slavery and ...
... supply the new demands which had sprung up in a state of freedom . Against this reduction in the supply of labour must however be set certain increases . Firstly , large numbers of free black and coloured people who during slavery and ...
Page 773
... SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS 773 cent in 1853 to 8 per cent in 1874 - and conditions were arising in the East and ... supply of cotton . More obvious than the insecurity of England's main supplies was their inadequacy . The rapid ...
... SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS 773 cent in 1853 to 8 per cent in 1874 - and conditions were arising in the East and ... supply of cotton . More obvious than the insecurity of England's main supplies was their inadequacy . The rapid ...
Page 775
... SUPPLY 775 1864 , the United States supplied only 3 per cent of England's cotton supplies and frantic efforts were made to obtain new supplies from Egypt and Turkey and even remote Pacific Islands . But to make up the bulk of the ...
... SUPPLY 775 1864 , the United States supplied only 3 per cent of England's cotton supplies and frantic efforts were made to obtain new supplies from Egypt and Turkey and even remote Pacific Islands . But to make up the bulk of the ...
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