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Apocalypse 1692 : empire, slavery, and the great Port Royal earthquake / Ben Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Ben, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Jamaica--17th century.
- Slavery.
- Slave rebellions--Jamaica--17th century.
- Slave rebellions.
- Port Royal (Jamaica)--History--17th century.
- Port Royal (Jamaica).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- Built on sugar, slaves, and piracy, Jamaica's Port Royal was the jewel in England's quest for Empire until a devastating earthquake sank the city beneath the sea A haven for pirates and the center of the New World's frenzied trade in slaves and sugar, Port Royal, Jamaica, was a notorious cutthroat settlement where enormous fortunes were gained.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Chronology
- Maps
- Prologue
- 1. The West Indies Fleet
- 2. As Hot as Hell, and as Wicked as the Devil
- 3. Black Ivory
- 4. Plantation Slavery in the New World
- 5. No Peace Beyond the Line
- 6. The Decline and Fall of the Earl of Inchiquin
- 7. A Dismal Calamity
- 8. Inhuman Barbarities
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59416-621-8
- OCLC:
- 1013185721
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