The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... directors were leading Englishmen domiciled in England , to be kept outside politics , but in so far as they were associations of private citizens for trading or colonising purposes , licensed but as a rule not subsidised by or in any ...
... directors were leading Englishmen domiciled in England , to be kept outside politics , but in so far as they were associations of private citizens for trading or colonising purposes , licensed but as a rule not subsidised by or in any ...
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... Directors had been investigating the methods by which the concession could be worked . The most difficult question was how to obtain the slaves . The Royal African Company still possessed chartered rights in the African trade , but the ...
... Directors had been investigating the methods by which the concession could be worked . The most difficult question was how to obtain the slaves . The Royal African Company still possessed chartered rights in the African trade , but the ...
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... Directors agreed upon a " Plan " which covered all outstanding points of difference . The " Plan " of 1737 was an affair of the South Sea Company , and before it was confirmed other interests intervened . The long period of negotiation ...
... Directors agreed upon a " Plan " which covered all outstanding points of difference . The " Plan " of 1737 was an affair of the South Sea Company , and before it was confirmed other interests intervened . The long period of negotiation ...
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