The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 2Bentley, 1841 |
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الصفحة 82
... East India Company , under their present char- ter , no longer enjoys that exclusive control of Indian commerce , which has enriched its pro- prietors in past times ; and the sagacious and experienced men who control its affairs , after ...
... East India Company , under their present char- ter , no longer enjoys that exclusive control of Indian commerce , which has enriched its pro- prietors in past times ; and the sagacious and experienced men who control its affairs , after ...
الصفحة 85
... India , " says Thomas Clarkson , in a late pam- phlet , " that individuals are hiring large tracts of land from the East India Company , principally for the cultivation of cotton . One person has taken 60,000 acres at his own risk , and ...
... India , " says Thomas Clarkson , in a late pam- phlet , " that individuals are hiring large tracts of land from the East India Company , principally for the cultivation of cotton . One person has taken 60,000 acres at his own risk , and ...
الصفحة 94
... East India Company ; the most benevolent philanthropists with the most selfish speculators ; levellers with monopolists , and Chartists with the throne of Old England , and her aristocracy , all ranged side by side in harmony and power ...
... East India Company ; the most benevolent philanthropists with the most selfish speculators ; levellers with monopolists , and Chartists with the throne of Old England , and her aristocracy , all ranged side by side in harmony and power ...
الصفحة 96
... East India Company for thirteen years , assured me that the average price of labour throughout British India was less than three pence a day ; and that millions were suffering from hunger , because they could not find any employment ...
... East India Company for thirteen years , assured me that the average price of labour throughout British India was less than three pence a day ; and that millions were suffering from hunger , because they could not find any employment ...
الصفحة 101
... East India Company . I shall only contemplate the subject in some of its bearings , and particularly as it is connected with the question of slavery , in those vast and populous regions . The facts which have been brought to light by ...
... East India Company . I shall only contemplate the subject in some of its bearings , and particularly as it is connected with the question of slavery , in those vast and populous regions . The facts which have been brought to light by ...
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