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For slavery prevailed in Brazil , a rival source of sugar supply ; and the treaty of 1825 with Brazil having expired in November 1843 , Peel in 1844 was at liberty to impose duties which discriminated between the free labour and slave ...
For slavery prevailed in Brazil , a rival source of sugar supply ; and the treaty of 1825 with Brazil having expired in November 1843 , Peel in 1844 was at liberty to impose duties which discriminated between the free labour and slave ...
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THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR 503 existing between planters and their labourers , and the ratio in each colony of population to land fit for cultivation . While the latter was the more fundamental consideration , the former was decisive in in- ...
THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR 503 existing between planters and their labourers , and the ratio in each colony of population to land fit for cultivation . While the latter was the more fundamental consideration , the former was decisive in in- ...
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In these colonies the problem was partly one of high wages and labour costs , and partly of shortage and irregularity of labour supply . The effect of these factors in restricting output was greatest in British Guiana , which was least ...
In these colonies the problem was partly one of high wages and labour costs , and partly of shortage and irregularity of labour supply . The effect of these factors in restricting output was greatest in British Guiana , which was least ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870 Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Contributor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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