The Philadelphia economist Henry C. Carey surveys slavery and servile labour around the world, in the British colonies, the United States, Ireland and India, and argues that the root cause is a system that keeps nations exporting raw produce and drains wealth to British manufacturing. His cure is protective tariffs, home industry and the growth of local markets.
An important 1850s argument linking political economy to slavery, from America’s leading protectionist. Download the free EPUB.