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The debts created by the exactions of Spain and of the revolutionary party alike were, mainly if not entirely, obligations due to the people of the colonies themselves.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid discusses the nature of debts incurred during the colonial period, emphasizing that they were primarily owed to local populations.
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