Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. introduction 1
5. 1. getting to know “fernando” 12
6. 2. “the key to the americas”? 23
7. 3. fernando de noronha’s “dark twins” 48
8. 4. “brothers of the peak” 75
9. 5. the jealous institution and brazilian penology 101
10. 6. “a stench in the nostrils of god”? 124
11. 7. crime, conflict, corruption, and cooperation on an atlantic frontier 148
12. 8. the treatment and categorization of slave convicts in a penal archipelago 177
13. 9. of captivity and incarceration 200
14. conclusion 227
15. appendix 241
16. abbreviations 259
17. notes 263
18. bibliography 301
19. Index 327