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The West Indies and the Spanish Main

by James Rodway

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2I — The Spaniards and Their Victims
  3. 3II — The Quest for “El Dorado”
  4. 4III — “Singeing the Spaniard’s Beard”
  5. 5IV — Ralegh and the First British Colonies
  6. 6V — Buccaneers, Filibusters, and Pirates
  7. 7VI — War in the Young Colonies
  8. 8VII — The Planters and Their Slaves
  9. 9VIII — The Struggle for Supremacy
  10. 10IX — The Struggle for the Darien Trade
  11. 11X — Slave Insurrections and Bush Negroes
  12. 12XI — The Sovereignty of the Seas
  13. 13XII — Downfall of Hispaniola
  14. 14XIII — Emancipation of the Spanish Main
  15. 15XIV — Abolition of Slavery
  16. 16XV — Results of Emancipation
  17. 17XVI — The Isthmus Transit Schemes

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