In a Sea of Empires: Networks and Crossings in the Revolutionary Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9781108747479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 216 str.

Jeppe (London School of Economics and Political Science) Mul

Opis

A history of imperial competition, colonial cooperation, and revolutionary currents in the maritime borderlands of the early nineteenth-century Caribbean.

Recenzje

'… a theoretically informed, important study … It is a must-read for everyone interested in the history of the Caribbean, of imperial borderlands, and of inter-colonial and comparative colonial history in general.' Jan Jansen, Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Free ports and black markets; 3. Imperial warfare, colonial violence; 4. Prize courts and privateers; 5. Slave laws and free communities; 6. Abolition and the illegal slave trade; Conclusion.