On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
In these chartered monopolies, a man coming from another part of the country is hunted from them as if he were a foreign enemy.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine describes the restrictive nature of chartered monopolies in England, where internal migrants are treated as outsiders and denied rights.
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