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Anti-Corn Law League  

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  • In 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain imposed import duties on a large array of agricultural goods from abroad. Known collectively as the “Corn Laws,” these laws prohibited the importation of foreign agricultural goods until the domestic price of wheat reached 80 shillings per quarter. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Anti-Corn Law League]

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