Within a few years after her alleged marriage, Behn became affiliated with King Charles II as a political spy in Antwerp, Belgium during the second Anglo-Dutch war. ... In the late sixteen hundreds, Britain found itself in much turmoil, divided between two opposing political parties. ... Behn was loyal to the restored monarch as a Tory supporter of King Charles II and utilized her skills as a writer to produce propaganda in favor of the King and absolute monarchy [ CITATION Gor80 l 1033 ]. ... An example of this stems from a scene in the book where Prince Oroonoko stands amongst all of the sl...

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It has been commentated by many that the system leads to the main body of available wealth and power in the world to be held by an elite minority. ... By the 1500's the monarch was earning over 2 million reis from the slave trade through taxation alone5 and so by royal decree the first major factor that changed the face of the slave trade and the global economy was implemented. ... Their success, however, leads to a "ripple effect" across Europe and Portugal's position and power was soon threatened and diminished by Northern European countries such as the Netherlands and F...

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