Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and maps ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Company Colony 11
6. 2 Colonial System 54
7. 3 “Women, Negroes, and Unknown, Unimportant People” 80
8. 4 Militant Slavery 103
9. 5 The Company of Jesus 128
10. 6 Maroons and the Military-Planter State 155
11. Conclusion 182
12. Acknowledgments 191
13. Appendix. The August 1722 Royal Ordinance on Money 195
14. notes 197
15. bibliography 235
16. Index 251
17. A note on the type 263