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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Page 580
... sugar trade were sufficiently bewildering . In the closing decades of the seventeenth century England had enjoyed the leading place as the purveyor of sugar to the European countries . She greatly valued the benefits arising from the ...
... sugar trade were sufficiently bewildering . In the closing decades of the seventeenth century England had enjoyed the leading place as the purveyor of sugar to the European countries . She greatly valued the benefits arising from the ...
Page 582
... sugar , rum or molasses . The planters did not realise that it was futile to attempt to keep up prices unless they could control the supply of sugar . The exclusion of French sugar from the British West Indies merely drove it to other ...
... sugar , rum or molasses . The planters did not realise that it was futile to attempt to keep up prices unless they could control the supply of sugar . The exclusion of French sugar from the British West Indies merely drove it to other ...
Page 584
... sugar on such a large scale and sell it cheaply in Europe.1 As a result of the enquiry a bill was drafted which incorporated all that the West Indian interest demanded . The importation of foreign sugar , molasses or rum into Great ...
... sugar on such a large scale and sell it cheaply in Europe.1 As a result of the enquiry a bill was drafted which incorporated all that the West Indian interest demanded . The importation of foreign sugar , molasses or rum into Great ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2006 |
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