The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1936 - Great Britain |
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... Company . The colonists " were prepared to take all dangers at their charge " , but they asked that the Company's forces might help them , not only defensively but also offensively . Failing this , they demanded leave to avenge their ...
... Company . The colonists " were prepared to take all dangers at their charge " , but they asked that the Company's forces might help them , not only defensively but also offensively . Failing this , they demanded leave to avenge their ...
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... Company's monopoly had been specifically safeguarded in relation to the Cape ; that is to say , the colony had been totally debarred from participation in eastern trade within the limits of the Company's charter . As soon as the ...
... Company's monopoly had been specifically safeguarded in relation to the Cape ; that is to say , the colony had been totally debarred from participation in eastern trade within the limits of the Company's charter . As soon as the ...
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... Company or by the Company's licence . A strenuous but unsuccessful effort was made by Courtenay , the Colonial Agent , to have this limitation removed . " The colony had thus failed to secure the degree of freedom which it had a right ...
... Company or by the Company's licence . A strenuous but unsuccessful effort was made by Courtenay , the Colonial Agent , to have this limitation removed . " The colony had thus failed to secure the degree of freedom which it had a right ...
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