The Development of the British West Indies, 1700-1763
The Development of the British West Indies, 1700-1763
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The absentee planters were spoken of as ''those whose estates are in another quarter of the world, who, by their artful manage- ment, keep this country and Ireland under a constant yearly tax of several hundred thousand pounds, who accumulate great estates by means of this tax, so very burdensome to almost every individual in this country, and are thereby enabled to support contests [for seats in parliament] in some of the richest and most populous cities in this country." Digiti ized by Google... 344 THE BRITISH WEST INDIES rich planter at Jamaica/' he said, ^'is contrary to the interest of every true Briton, whether in a national or personal light. ' **• With the opening of the French War, in 1756, the agita- tion temporarily subsided. It was naturally expected that the results of the war might bring relief from the sugar monopoly by the acquisition of one or more of the larger French islands.*^ When, in 1759 and 1760, the success of the British seemed assured, public feeling toward the planters again found expression through several pamphlets by the economist, Joseph Massie.
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The absentee planters were spoken of as ''those whose estates are in another quarter of the world, who, by their artful manage- ment, keep this country and Ireland under a constant yearly tax of several hundred thousand pounds, who accumulate great estates by means of this tax, so very burdensome to almost every individual in this country, and are thereby enabled to support contests [for seats in parliament] in some of the richest and most populous cities in this country." Digiti ized by Google... 344 THE BRITISH WEST INDIES rich planter at Jamaica/' he said, ^'is contrary to the interest of every true Briton, whether in a national or personal light. ' **• With the opening of the French War, in 1756, the agita- tion temporarily subsided. It was naturally expected that the results of the war might bring relief from the sugar monopoly by the acquisition of one or more of the larger French islands.*^ When, in 1759 and 1760, the success of the British seemed assured, public feeling toward the planters again found expression through several pamphlets by the economist, Joseph Massie.
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