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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... planter's interest therefore to fix the value as high as possible , and it was notorious that the negroes were assessed proportionately much higher than their market value under slavery . Furthermore , the planters were prepared during ...
... planter's interest therefore to fix the value as high as possible , and it was notorious that the negroes were assessed proportionately much higher than their market value under slavery . Furthermore , the planters were prepared during ...
Page 505
... planters belonged . Most of the missionaries were Dis- senters and they carried some of the bitterness of religious differences at home into their work in the colonies . Though their feud with the planters was mainly based on ...
... planters belonged . Most of the missionaries were Dis- senters and they carried some of the bitterness of religious differences at home into their work in the colonies . Though their feud with the planters was mainly based on ...
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... planters and some by English joint- stock companies . Many of the men who bought plantations in the early days remained , and there were always Englishmen coming out as private planters working 100 to 200 acres . But as most private ...
... planters and some by English joint- stock companies . Many of the men who bought plantations in the early days remained , and there were always Englishmen coming out as private planters working 100 to 200 acres . But as most private ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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