You’re probably familiar with the story. A young man is forced into exile and slavery by his own siblings. Many years later, those same siblings turn up looking for supplies of food due to famine back home. They no longer recognise the brother they sold into slavery, he is in every aspect a citizen ofContinue reading “Among the Nations of the World”
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The Grossest Bribery and Corruption
“English bribes outweighed the mistaken zeal of Scottish patriotism and Jacobitism, united against the measure. “On the 25th of March, 1707, the treaty or union was ratified by the Estates, and on the 22nd of April the ancient Parliament of Scotland adjourned, to assemble no more. On that occasion the Chancellor Scofield made use ofContinue reading “The Grossest Bribery and Corruption”
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