The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... planters had been for the most part small twenty- or thirty - acre men , relying upon the labour of their own hands and of a few indentured white servants . The sugar estate was commonly of 500 acres , with labour organised in large ...
... planters had been for the most part small twenty- or thirty - acre men , relying upon the labour of their own hands and of a few indentured white servants . The sugar estate was commonly of 500 acres , with labour organised in large ...
Page 241
... planters employing a few white bondservants apiece . These planters had been poor and of little political weight , and had had no elective Assembly . The introduction of sugar planting had consolidated the small holdings into large ...
... planters employing a few white bondservants apiece . These planters had been poor and of little political weight , and had had no elective Assembly . The introduction of sugar planting had consolidated the small holdings into large ...
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... planters clung to the policy of maintaining prices , and there was a demand that similar prohibitive legislation should be adopted in the Leeward Islands . Antigua passed an act in 1716 which prohibited the importation of any foreign ...
... planters clung to the policy of maintaining prices , and there was a demand that similar prohibitive legislation should be adopted in the Leeward Islands . Antigua passed an act in 1716 which prohibited the importation of any foreign ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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