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Corn Laws in the United Kingdom

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Essay on Profits

An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.

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Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846

In the early 1830s Peel had been well-known for his opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1841 had promised not to repeal the legislation. During the course of his second ministry (1841-6) he changed his mind and by December 1845 was considering repealing the Corn Laws. In the speech from which these extracts are take, Peel justified his change of mind.

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For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel

Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the successful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws.

www.bartleby.com/268/4/17.html

Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws

A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn.

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/corframe.htm

Repeal of the British Corn Laws

An article from the 1851 edition of the United States Democratic Review.

cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer

Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations

A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws.

www.cooperativeindividualism.org/cobdenonfreetrade.html

The Anti Corn Law League

A time line and some pass notes on this influential middle class pressure group formed to promote free trade, and a template for further radical advances throughout the nineteenth century.

britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa022001a.htm

The Corn Laws

An entry from Victorian Web on the Corn Laws, a significant import duty on wheat and other essential foodstuffs aiming to stabilise the price.

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The John Hampden Society

A society devoted to the study of seventeenth century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who became famous through resisting the Charles I's illegal Ship Money tax.

www.johnhampden.org

Wikipedia: Corn Laws

Article from the open source encyclopaedia.

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