In the early eighteenth century, slave-trading as a commercial venture was less profitable than its agents claimed, but as a financial scheme, it was highly profitable for entities like the South Sea Company and individuals like Humphry Morice.

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  Ottobah Cugoano on British Slavery, National Debt, and Speculative ...

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