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Land-jobbing, stock-jobbing, slave-jobbing, rights-of-man-jobbing, were all, hand in hand, sweeping over the land like a hurricane.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Land-jobbing, stock-jobbing, slave-jobbing, rights-of-man-jobbing, were all, hand in hand, sweeping over the land like a…”
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Quincy uses vivid imagery to illustrate the rampant speculative practices that were damaging the economy during his time.
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