Did Slavery Make Scotland Great? from merchants limited Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 35 min 84 sec ✓ Published: 15-Apr-2011
Description: The relationship between slavery, the slave trade and British economic development remains a contested field of eighteenth century history. This article examines one hitherto unexplored aspect of the subject, the significance, if any, of profits derived from the slave-based economies of the Atlantic in Scotland's Great Leap Forward in the later eighteenth century. It is argued that because of the distinctive nature of Scottish development, compared to that of England, and the intimate connection
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