Boundaries Of Belonging

In the decades following England’s 1655 conquest of Spanish Jamaica, the western Caribbean became the site of overlapping and competing claimsâ€"to land, maritime spaces, and people. Boundaries of Belonging follows the stories of the individualsâ€"licensed traders, smugglers, freedom seekers, religious refugees, pirates, and interlopersâ€"who moved through the contested spaces of the western Caribbean.