They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world. (Robert Toombs)

They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world.

Robert Toombs

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