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• Essay on Profits - An essay from David Ricardo on the influence of the Corn Laws on the profits from capital investment.
• For a Repeal of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel - Parliamentary Speech by the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, on the successful motion to abolish the Corn Laws. Peel was seen as a traitor by many of his Conservative colleagues because of his volte-face on maintaining the laws.
• The John Hampden Society - A society devoted to the study of seventeenth century Parliamentarian John Hampden, who became famous through resisting the Charles I's illegal Ship Money tax.
• Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws - A text written in 1814 by the economist and clergyman Thomas Malthus advocating a retention of the war time prosperity for farmers by a large tax on foreign corn.
• Repeal of the British Corn Laws - An article from the 1851 edition of the United States Democratic Review.
• Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations - A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws.
• Wikipedia: Corn Laws - Article from the open source encyclopaedia.

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