“All men, taken singly, are more or less selfish; and taken in bodies, they are intensely so. The British merchant is no exception to this rule: the mercantile classes illustrate it strikingly. These classes certainly think too exclusively of making… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“POSTLETHWAYT, MALACHY. The African Trade the Great Pillar and Support of the British Plantation Trade in America. London: 1745. A rare and valuable tract originally signed "A British Merchant." In the British Museum, also in the John Carter Brown Library… — Anonymous Copy Share Image