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SHORT NORMAL LONG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [First [-7], ( Lines: —— * 97.47 ——— Norma * PgEnd [-7], ( contents ix List of Maps, Tables, and Figures xi Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 10 one. Settling the West Florida Frontier: Land, Wealth, and Loyalty 35 two. Working the West Florida Frontier: Slavery and the Accumulation of Wealth 54 three. Owning the West Florida Frontier: The International Microcosm of the Louisiana Purchase 76 four. Strains on the System I: Filibustering 102 five. Strains on the System II: Slavery and the Law 127 six. Testing the Bounds of Loyalty: Property and Crime 149 seven. Breaking the Bonds: The End of Spanish Rule in West Florida 169 Epilogue 177 Notes 211 Bibliography 223 Index This page intentionally left blank ...

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