Is Cheap Sugar the Triumph of Free Trade? (Classic Reprint): A Second Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell, &C. &C. &C - Couverture souple

Higgins, Matthew James

9781334249723: Is Cheap Sugar the Triumph of Free Trade? (Classic Reprint): A Second Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell, &C. &C. &C

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ISBN 10 : 1334249725 ISBN 13 : 9781334249723

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Uncover the heated debate over sugar, trade, and slavery in 19th‑century Britain. This concise work gathers letters and testimony that challenge government policy and show how economic and moral questions intertwined in the West Indies and abroad. Readers will see how advocates and critics used reports from governors, consuls, and merchants to argue for or against free trade and protection.

This edition frames a complex historical moment where parliamentary speeches, colonial accounts, and private letters collide to shape public opinion on sugar, abolition, and global commerce. It presents a critical look at how policy choices affected workers, planters, and economies, without assuming simple answers.

How free trade and protection policies were debated in Parliament and among colonial officials.

Evidence and counter-evidence about the impact of slave labor and the shift to free labor in sugar cultivation.

Accounts of trade, slavery, and the slave trade from multiple observers and regions.

The broader questions of prosperity, moral responsibility, and imperial policy in the mid‑1800s.

Ideal for readers of historical economic debates and nineteenth‑century imperial policy, who want a focused look at how sugar, slavery, and free trade intersected in public discourse.

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�diteur: Forgotten Books
Date d'�dition: 2018
Langue: anglais
ISBN 10: 1334249725
ISBN 13: 9781334249723
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Nombre de pages: 70
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Is Cheap Sugar the Triumph of Free Trade? (Classic Reprint)

Matthew James Higgins

Edit� par Forgotten Books, 2018

ISBN 10 : 1334249725 ISBN 13 : 9781334249723

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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is a carefully researched, multifaceted study of the immediate and long-term consequences of Britain's 1846 Sugar Duties Act. The author analyzes how the act impacted the sugar trade, slavery, and the lives of those involved in both. It provides abundant evidence that the act was a short-sighted, disastrous policy that had unforeseen consequences that were far-reaching and damaging, including prompting a resurgence of the slave trade. This book positions this act within the broader context of British colonial history and the ongoing debate on free versus slave labor. It sheds light on the complexities of 19th-century economics and politics and their lasting effects on global trade and human rights. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9781334249723_0

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