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Originally Posted by slowmover
The connection is between those profited immensely with their Caribbean holdings . . and are presented, in the novels, as otherwise decent people. Desirable husbands.
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Aha, that wasn't clear, in my mind anyway - see below. I'm kind of comparing 1650s brutal civil war with 1790s genteel England...
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Originally Posted by slowmover
African slavery is a later development. The initial form of labor -- indentured servitude -- became too costly (in money). But the first century of operation was primarily via transportation for labor.
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You are presenting me with an episode of history I am not too familiar with but seems very interesting in terms of the people involved and who profited, or indeed the link between them and what happened to people who Cromwell found undesirable at the time and had removed.
I am aware that lots of people did leave the UK because of the persecutions but I haven't read enough about what happened to them.