EDWARDS, Brian.
Thoughts on the late Proceedings of Government, Respecting the Trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America.
London: Printed for T. Cadell , 1784.
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Brian Edwards' Thoughts on the late Proceedings of Government, Respecting the Trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America
Rare Second edition, corrected and enlarged, of this pamphlet arguing that restricting trade between the British West Indies and the newly independent United States would devastate the Caribbean sugar economy. Octavo, original wrappers, several pages uncut, with an added postscript. In very good condition. From the collection of Birmingham-Southern College, where is was stored in a locked special collections room called the "wood room". Housed in a custom slipcase and folding chemise.
'Thoughts on the Late Proceedings of Government, Respecting the Trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America' (1784) by Bryan Edwards is a political and economic pamphlet written in the aftermath of the American Revolution, addressing British trade policy toward the Caribbean colonies. A planter and merchant with direct interests in the West Indies, Edwards argues against the British government’s decision to restrict American vessels from supplying essential goods—such as provisions and timber—to the sugar islands. He contends that the economies of the British Caribbean and the newly independent United States remained deeply interdependent, and that rigid enforcement of navigation laws treating the United States as a purely foreign power would damage colonial prosperity and risk severe shortages.
Thoughts on the late Proceedings of Government, Respecting the Trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America.
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