Islanders and empire: smuggling and political defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690
In: Cambridge Latin American studies
Introduction -- Colonial Origins: Hispaniola in the Sixteenth Century -- Smuggling, Sin, and Survival, 1580-1600 -- Repressing Smugglers: The Depopulations of Hispaniola, 1604-06 -- Tools of Colonial Power: Officeholders, Violence, and Enslaved African Exploitation in Santo Domingo's Cabildo -- "Prime Mover of All Machinations". Rodrigo Pimentel, Smuggling, and the Artifice of Power -- Neighbors, Rivals, and Partners: Non-Spaniards and the Rise of Saint-Domingue -- Conclusion.