Creolization and Contraband: CuraCao in the Early Modern Atlantic World

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Creolization and Contraband This page intentionally left blank Early American Places is a collaborative project of the University of Georgia Press, New York University Press, Northern Illinois University Press, and the University of Nebraska Press. The series is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.earlyamericanplaces.org. Advisory Board Vincent Brown, Duke University Stephanie M. H. Camp, University of Washington Andrew Cayton, Miami University Cornelia Hughes Dayton, University of Connecticut Nicole Eustace, New York University Amy S. Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago Peter Charles Hoffer, University of Georgia Karen Ordahl Kupperman, New York University Joshua Piker, University of Oklahoma Mark M. Smith, University of South Carolina Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University This page intentionally left blank Creolization and Contraband Curaçao in the Early Modern Atlantic World linda m. rupert The University of Georgia Press athens and london © 2012 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Printed digitally in the United States of America LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Rupert, Linda Marguerite. Creolization and contraband : Curaçao in the early modern Atlantic world / by Linda M. Rupert. p. cm.—(Early American places) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8203-4305-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8203-4305-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8203-4306-8 (paper : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8203-4306-4 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Curaçao—History—17th century. 2. Curaçao—History—18th century. 3. Curaçao— Commerce—History. 4. Curaçao—Social conditions. 5. Creoles—Curaçao—History. 6. Slaves—Curaçao—History. 7. Sephardim—Curaçao—History. 8. Intercultural communication—Curaçao—History. 9. Papiamentu—Curaçao—History. 10. Smuggling—Curaçao—History. I. Title. F2049.R87 2012 972.986—dc23 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4368-6 2011050386 Na pueblo di Kòrsou This page intentionally left blank ...