Title

Useful Enemies: Seventeenth-Century Piracy and the Rise of Pardo Militias in Spanish Central America.

Authors

Paul Lokken, Bryant University

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History Volume 5, Issue 2.

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Keywords

Central America;Militia;Minorities;History;17th century;Spain;Colonies;Race relations

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Source

Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History

Abstract

The seventeenth century was a pivotal moment in the history of enslaved African migrants and their descendants in those areas of colonial Spanish America characterized by the presence of dense indigenous populations...