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Swingen, Abigail Leslie.

Competing visions of empire : labor, slavery, and the origins of the British Atlantic empire / Abigail L. Swingen.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-300-18754-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. West Indies, British—History—17th century. 2. West Indies, British—Economic conditions—17th century. 3. West Indies, British—Commerce. 4. Slavery—West Indies, British—History—17th century. 5. West Indies, British—Historiography. 6. Imperialism—History. 7. West Indies, British—History—18th century. 8. West Indies, British—Economic conditions—18th century. 9. Slavery—West Indies, British—History—18th century. I. Title.

F2131.S94 2015

972.9’03—dc23

2014027080

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