(29-30) "David Eltis' answer to that question actually supports some of Williams' insights."
(54-58) "Eltis thus concludes that, while Williams may well have underestimated the economic viability of the British colonies employing forced labor in the early 1800s, his insight into the economic motives for abolition was partly accurate."
These lines clearly show that Eltis supported part of William's conclusion.
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Batmanon May 31, 2014
Oops!!! I'm sorry. My question was about whether Drescher has supported part of William's conclusion.
Batmanon May 31, 2014
Does "Drescher concludes that such support cannot be explained by economic interest alone(18~19) happen to infer that Drescher support part of William's conclusion???
Nazon June 4, 2014
Yes, exactly. Lines 18-19 state, "Drescher concludes that such support cannot be explained by economic interest alone."
Thus, this statement tells us that it's not just the economic interest that contributed to antislavery petitions outnumbering any other issue, but other things as well.
Therefore, we can infer that Drescher does agree, in part, with William's conclusion that Britain's abolition of the slave trade was driven by economic motives.
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