Abstract

List of maps Preface Author's note 1. The Providence Island company and its colony: the program 2. Founding a colony on Providence Island 3. Contested authority: the governorship of Captain Philip Bell 4. Frustrated hopes for economic development 5. Land and society: the middling planters 6. Servants into slaves 7. Military requirements and the people's response 8. The turbulent religious life of Providence Island 9. Governing puritan privateers: the governorships of Robert Hunt and Nathaniel Butler 10. The business history of the Providence Island company 11. The end and persistence of Providence Island Appendixes Biographical essay Index.

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