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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.
  		• Extracts from Peel's Speech on Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846: In the early 1830s Peel had been well-known for his opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws and in 1841 had promised not to repeal the legislation. During the course of his second ministry (1841-6) he changed his mind and by December 1845 was considering repealing the Corn Laws. In the speech from which these extracts are take, Peel justified his change of mind.
  		• 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.
  		• 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.
  		• Rethinking the Politics of Protection: Conservatism and the Corn Laws, 1830-52: Article from the English Historical Review by Anna Gambles.
  		• Richard Cobden - Free Trade With All Nations: A speech given by a prominent opponent of the Corn Laws.
  		• The Anti Corn Law League: A time line and some pass notes on this influential middle class pressure group formed to promote free trade, and a template for further radical advances throughout the nineteenth century.
  		• The Corn Laws: An entry from Victorian Web on the Corn Laws, a significant import duty on wheat and other essential foodstuffs aiming to stabilise the price.
  		• 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.
  		• The People's Bread: A History of the Anti-Corn Law League: A book review from History Today.
  		• Wikipedia: Corn Laws: Article from the open source encyclopaedia.
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