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Great Britain
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Ottobah Cugoano on British Slavery, National Debt, and Speculative ... jmphil.org Jan 24, 2025 7 facts
perspectiveThe author posits that Great Britain faced a choice between being indentured to France or to domestic creditors and their bankers, and that while neither was ideal, the latter was preferable.
accountAfter the South Sea Bubble of 1720, corporate and private investors in Great Britain recognized that revenue could be secured more easily through cycles of financial speculation and the provocation of expensive global conflicts than through the actual commercial products of slavery.
claimPublic debt in Great Britain escalated during the eighteenth century due to civil unrest, civilian action, constant war, and a docile bourgeoisie.
accountThroughout the 18th century, economic analysts debated whether the national debt was a looming catastrophe that would destroy Great Britain while enriching corporate financiers, or an efficient economic tool to harness corporate wealth to solidify the power of the British Empire.
referenceIn his book Thoughts and Sentiments, Ottobah Cugoano argues that the interdependence of chattel slavery, national debt, and speculative markets in eighteenth-century Great Britain created a system that evaded both moral critique and the self-correction mechanisms of the free market proposed by Adam Smith.
claimOttobah Cugoano's 'Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery' analyzes Hebrew and Christian scripture, European colonial history, and the economic crisis caused by Great Britain's reliance on slavery profits to pay war debts, rather than focusing on autobiography.
quoteOttobah Cugoano envisioned 'days of mourning and fasting appointed' during which all of Great Britain would atone for the wrongs committed against Africans.
Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War and the Changing Face ... rand.org May 22, 2025 3 facts
referenceMeredith Reid Sarkees and Frank Wayman documented a list of historical conflicts and their major participants in their 2010 book 'Resort to War: 1816–2007', including the Crimean War (1853–1856, France/Great Britain/Ottoman Empire/Russia), the Lopez War (1864–1870, Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay), the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878, Russia/Ottoman Empire), the Boer War (1899–1902, Great Britain/Boers), the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905, Japan/Russia), the Russo-Polish War (1919–1921, Poland/Soviet Union), the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936, Ethiopia/Italy), the Korean War (1950–1953, United States/North Korea/China/South Korea), the Vietnam War (1965–1975, United States/South Vietnam/North Vietnam), the Sino-Vietnamese War (1979–1987, Vietnam/China), the Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989, Soviet Union/Afghanistan), and the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988, Iran/Iraq).
referenceThe Crimean War (1853–1856) involved France, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia.
referenceThe Boer War (1899–1902) involved Great Britain and the Boers.
The technical, geographical, and economic feasibility for solar ... ideas.repec.org 1 fact
referenceWalker (2012) evaluated whether the Great Britain feed-in tariff could deliver the expected 2% of electricity from renewable sources, published in Renewable Energy, volume 43(C), pages 383-388.
Western pattern diet | Nutrition and Dietetics | Research Starters ebsco.com 1 fact
claimWestern culture refers to societies that are in or heavily influenced by Europe, particularly the Roman Empire, including countries that were formerly colonies of Great Britain such as the United States and Australia.
The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... govinfo.gov 1 fact
claimBritish intelligence played a major role in bringing the United States into World War I by revealing German intelligence efforts to prevent U.S. industry and the financial sector from assisting Great Britain.