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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
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From the author's introduction I was prepared to find pirates of the golden age like the heroes of my childhood. Although some never abused or killed their victims, they were not nice in their theft of goods, impressments holders of needed skills, and wanton destruction of ships. Granted, as the author points out, they were rootless, onetime privateer... »
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
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In 1789 the French colony of Saint Domingue was the most profitable real estate in the world. These profits came at a price: while its sugar plantations supplied two-thirds of France's overseas trade, they also stimulated the greatest individual market for the slave trade. The slaves were brutally treated and died in great numbers, prompting a never-en... »
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
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This is the extraordinary story of a Welsh man who became the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, and how he brought the Spaniards, the greatest empire at the time, to their knees. In 1655, Henry Morgan, still only 21, arrived in the New World seeking his fortune. He did not plan on becoming a pirate. However, over the next three decad... »
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to th
I sent the author an e-mail when I finished reading this book. And I will tell you like I told him. This is one of the best books I have read in quite s... »
Guerrilla Warfare
I agree wholeheartedly with those who already wrote critical reviews of Che's book. Frankly, he was in the right place at the right time in Cuba, then he ... »
The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who
As a Puerto Rican looking to learn more about my heritage (pre-European) this book was FANTASTIC! ... »
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World
A very engaging read and a interesting, nay. . . unique way of formatting the different periods of time that he traces out in his book. Filled with a grea... »
The Uses Of Haiti
I am a Haitian, lived in Haiti until I came to the States at 28. I went back to visit the graves of my ancestors a few months before the departure of the ... »
From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Car
The story of how Europeans "discovered" the Caribbean, and how they governed it, is a fascinating tale of adventure, greed and cruelty. Unfortunately, th... »
A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Araw
I found this a very readable, workmanlike and surprisingly comprehensive book for one with so wide a compass.... »
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