Contraband, free ports, and British merchants in the Caribbean world, 1739-1772

Contraband, free ports, and British merchants in the Caribbean world, 1739-1772

This article examines the evolution of contraband to legitimate trade in the eighteenth century Caribbean world during the War of Jenkins’ Ear and Seven Years’ War. It focuses on the informal networks of the British South Sea Company and the trade of informal actors. The article explores how British...

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Main Author: Nadine Hunt teaches African History at York University, Canada. She is co-editor, with Olatunji Ojo of Slavery in Africa and the Caribbean: a history of enslavement and identity since the 18th century, London, I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2013-04-01
Series:Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
Subjects:
contraband
Caribbean
War of Jenkins’ Ear
Seven Years’ War
Free Port Act of Jamaica and Dominica
contrabbando
Caraibi
Guerra dell’Orecchio di Jenkins
Guerra dei Sette Anni
Legge sul porto libero della Giamaica e della Dominica
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