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The leasing policy drew into the mining regions a population of vagrants, idlers and gamblers, who resisted the payment of tax on the product of the mines, and defied the agents of the Government.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The leasing policy drew into the mining regions a population of vagrants, idlers and gamblers, who resisted the payment…”
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Julian highlights the negative consequences of the leasing policy, which attracted undesirable populations to mining regions.
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