Pamphlet debates regarding the British national debt during the eighteenth century typically followed a recurring pattern: a writer highlighted the impoverishment of the Treasury due to wars defending the slave trade, an anonymous financier urged investors to hold stock and ignore the debt, politicians defended themselves against corruption charges, and the discourse devolved into personal attacks.

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• British national debt concept
• slave trade concept