In the 'world of debt' described by Ottobah Cugoano, the British government prioritized paying debts to financiers over providing for the needs of its people, forcing landowners and taxpayers to sacrifice commercial profits to service this debt.

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• Ottobah Cugoano on British Slavery, National Debt, and Speculative ... jmphil.org Journal of Modern Philosophy via serper

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• national debt concept
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