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- The
- Battle for Native Industry. The Debate upon the Corn Laws</i>
- contains the proceedings of the British Parliament for 1846 as they
- pertain to the Corn Laws. The Contents of Volume II gives a good
- representation of the scope of the debates in both the House of Commons
- and the House of Lords. The Duke of Wellington, Earl Fitzwilliam,
- Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley among others in Lords and Sir Robert Peel,
- Misters Newdegate, Clerke, Finch, Fellowes, Disraeli, Hawes in the
- Commons. Both the debates and the thirty year history of the <em>Laws</em>
- provide an excellent case study for protectionism, free-trade,
- resource distribution, and social change.<br>
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- Frederick Robinson first introduced the Corn Laws to Parliament in 1815.
- Even at that time there was vigorous protest. The Corn Laws
- limited the import of grain until the domestic price reached a certain
- level. While protecting the domestic growers, the Laws resulted in
- a sharp rise in food prices. In 1828, 1832, and 1841 the Laws were
- reformed, but that did not meet the demands of the populace. The
- Corn Laws gave rise to organized movements such as the Anti-Corn Law
- League whose work contributed to eventual repeal and served as a model
- for subsequent social movements. The 1846 repeal of the Corn Laws
- under the government of Sir Robert Peel followed the start of the Irish
- potato famine.</font></p>
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- Sir Robert Peel -- detail of portrait by <br>
- Sir Thomas Lawrence. <br>
- Peel was a major activist <br>
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- Resources:</b><br>
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- <a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/cornlaws1.html">
- Background information</a> on the Corn Laws -- by Marjie Bloy from
- Victorian Web</font><p>
- <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="-1">
- <a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/cornlaws2.html">The
- Campaign for Repeal of the Corn Laws</a> -- by Marjie Bloy from
- Victorian Web<br>
- <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br>
- </span><a href="http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/corframe.htm">
- The Corn Laws</a> by T. R. Malthus from the Avalon Project at Yale
- University -- footnotes and background explanations in the lower
- frame of the page<br>
- <br>
- Timeline of History -- the
- <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/vic_corn_laws.shtml">
- Corn Laws</a> and concurrent events -- from the BBC</font></p>
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- <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="-1">The
- <a href="http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/cldebate.htm">debate</a>
- on the Corn Laws from A Web of English History -- series of links to
- original text and external information</font></p>
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- Text of Peel's speech on the Corn Laws,
- <a href="http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/cornlaws/peelcls.htm">
- 27 August 1841</a> from A Web of English History</font></p>
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- Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws,
- <a href="http://www.historyhome.co.uk/polspeech/c-laws3.htm">15
- May 1846</a> from A Web of English History</font></p>
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- <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif"
- size="-1"><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4334">Observations on the
- Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price'</a></font><font face="Verdana"
- size="-1"> </font>
- <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif"
- size="-1"> by T. R. Malthus -- full text at Project Gutenberg</font></p>
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- size="-1"><i>The Corn Laws</i> by
- <a href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1842/12/27.htm">
- Frederick Engels</a> -- Supplement to <i>Rheinische Zeitung</i>,
- December 27, 1842 -- transcribed into HTML by Andy Blunden<br>
- <br>PDF file of an article on the Corn Laws and political pressure
- groups -- <i>
- <a href="http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/8_2/8_2_3.pdf">
- Landlordism and Liberty</a>: Aristocratic Misrule and the
- Anti-Corn-Law League</i> by Richard F. Spall, Jr. of Ohio Wesleyan<br><br><br><br> (c) Marilyn Shea, 2006, 2009<br> <br>
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