Speech of the Rt. Hon. Viscount Palmerston in the House of Commons, on Wednesday, May 19, 1841, on Lord Sandon's resolution, "That considering the efforts and sacrifices which Parliament and the country have made for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery ... this House is not prepared (especially with the present prospects of the supply of sugar from British possessions) to adopt the measure proposed by Her Majesty's government for the reduction of the duties on foreign sugar.".
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Speech of the Rt. Hon. Viscount Palmerston in the House of Commons, on Wednesday, May 19, 1841, on Lord Sandon's resolution, "That considering the efforts and sacrifices which Parliament and the country have made for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery ... this House is not prepared (especially with the present prospects of the supply of sugar from British possessions) to adopt the measure proposed by Her Majesty's government for the reduction of the duties on foreign sugar.".

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Main Author: Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Corporate Author: Making of the Modern World
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: London : J. Ridgway, [1841]
Subjects:
Sugar trade.
Tariff on sugar > Great Britain.
Slave trade.
Access:Full text online
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