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Page 11
... material comforts of life , we say you must emancipate and pay each slave at least sixty cash in hand , remunerating them at the rate of less than 26 cents per annum for the long and cheerless period of their servitude since August 20 ...
... material comforts of life , we say you must emancipate and pay each slave at least sixty cash in hand , remunerating them at the rate of less than 26 cents per annum for the long and cheerless period of their servitude since August 20 ...
Page 55
... material so carded was spun by a wheel worked with one hand to give velocity to a single spindle that spun a thread from the cotton held upon a distaff in the left hand of the operator . The thread thus produced was irregular , and ...
... material so carded was spun by a wheel worked with one hand to give velocity to a single spindle that spun a thread from the cotton held upon a distaff in the left hand of the operator . The thread thus produced was irregular , and ...
Page 56
... material which now , after seventy years , is as active as ever . Hitherto the demand has , as we have seen , developed black industry . From that moment the accumulated capital of England , New and Old , became engaged in the gigantic ...
... material which now , after seventy years , is as active as ever . Hitherto the demand has , as we have seen , developed black industry . From that moment the accumulated capital of England , New and Old , became engaged in the gigantic ...
Page 63
... material for manufacture overtake us . " It is not an inconsistency , therefore , that while we see only cause of congratulation in this wonderful increase of trade , Lord Brougham sees in it the exaggeration of an evil he never ceases ...
... material for manufacture overtake us . " It is not an inconsistency , therefore , that while we see only cause of congratulation in this wonderful increase of trade , Lord Brougham sees in it the exaggeration of an evil he never ceases ...
Page 72
... material for that manufacture . The exports of breadstuffs and provisions are also due to the South , since but for the quantities of these which are sent North to feed the Eastern States , little or no Western produce could be spared ...
... material for that manufacture . The exports of breadstuffs and provisions are also due to the South , since but for the quantities of these which are sent North to feed the Eastern States , little or no Western produce could be spared ...
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