The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... obtained by the humanitarians in England before committing themselves . And , if France held back , it was useless to press the question on Spain and Holland . Abolition , it was becoming evident , could not be carried with a rush ...
... obtained by the humanitarians in England before committing themselves . And , if France held back , it was useless to press the question on Spain and Holland . Abolition , it was becoming evident , could not be carried with a rush ...
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... obtained another vigorous recruit in James Stephen , who had lived for the past eleven years in St Christopher and watched the slave system at close quarters . Nor was the other side idle . At public meetings all over the country , in ...
... obtained another vigorous recruit in James Stephen , who had lived for the past eleven years in St Christopher and watched the slave system at close quarters . Nor was the other side idle . At public meetings all over the country , in ...
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... obtained nearly 2,500,000 acres in Upper Canada at a low price on condition that roads should be built , other improvements made , and settlers brought out . Similar companies were later organised to operate in Lower Canada and in ...
... obtained nearly 2,500,000 acres in Upper Canada at a low price on condition that roads should be built , other improvements made , and settlers brought out . Similar companies were later organised to operate in Lower Canada and in ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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