In
1818 Cobbett listed the many “groceries” the Americans paid half or even a
third the price that the British paid.
Furthermore, everyone was able to partake of chocolate “which is a treat
to the rich in England.” The British
people paid to keep the Indies, and yet,
“What a hellish oppression must that people [Americans] live under!”
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