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... colonies inter- fering with their mother country , in trades that de- pend on labour , manufactures , & c . is too remote to require the attention of Great Britain . 10. But , in proportion to the increase of the co lonies , a vast ...
... colonies inter- fering with their mother country , in trades that de- pend on labour , manufactures , & c . is too remote to require the attention of Great Britain . 10. But , in proportion to the increase of the co lonies , a vast ...
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... colonies . * * * * * 12. It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the labour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working ...
... colonies . * * * * * 12. It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the labour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working ...
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... colonies having few slaves , increase in whites . Slaves also pejorate the fami- lies that use them ; the white children become proud , disgusted with labour , and , being educated in idleness , are rendered unfit to get a living by in ...
... colonies having few slaves , increase in whites . Slaves also pejorate the fami- lies that use them ; the white children become proud , disgusted with labour , and , being educated in idleness , are rendered unfit to get a living by in ...
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... colonies ; for the gain to the merchant is not to be compared with the loss , by this means , of people to the nation , 18. Home luxury in the great increases the na- tion's manufacturers employed by it , who are many , and only tends ...
... colonies ; for the gain to the merchant is not to be compared with the loss , by this means , of people to the nation , 18. Home luxury in the great increases the na- tion's manufacturers employed by it , who are many , and only tends ...
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... colonies ; or in Guinea , by a hundred years ' ex- portation of slaves , that has blackened half Ame- rica ? The thinness of the inhabitants in Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the ...
... colonies ; or in Guinea , by a hundred years ' ex- portation of slaves , that has blackened half Ame- rica ? The thinness of the inhabitants in Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the ...
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