 | American periodicals - 1850 - 638 pages
...to have caused ; but of this I am clear, that if Jamaica were an American state, she would speedily be more productive and valuable than any agricultural...dimensions, and that neither the emancipation bill of '32, nor the sugar duties bill of '46, are fatal obstacles to a prosperity far exceeding anything which... | |
 | John Bigelow - Black people - 1851 - 244 pages
...markets by prohibitory duties. I am also clear that if Jamaica was an American State, she would speedily be more productive and valuable than any agricultural...dimensions, and that neither the Emancipation Bill of '33, nor the Sugar Duties Bill of '46, are fatal obstacles to a prosperity far exceeding anything which... | |
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... neither course would have saved them from bankruptcy, for they were all mortgaged for more than they were worth at the time slavery was abolished and when their staples were protected in the English markets by prohibitory duties. I am also clear that... 