W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2013 Virtue in Corruption: Privateers, Smugglers, and the Shape of Empire in the Eighteenth-Century Caribbean Casey Sylvia Schmitt College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Caribbean Languages and Societies Commons, and the Latin American History Commons Recommended Citation Schmitt, Casey Sylvia, "Virtue in Corruption: Privateers, Smugglers, and the Shape of Empire in the Eighteenth-Century Caribbean" (2013). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626724. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-v08q-cx92 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Virtue In Corruption: Privateers, Smugglers, and the Shape of Empire in the Eighteenth- Century Caribbean Casey Sylvia Schmitt Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Master of Arts, University of Utah, 2010 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts Lyon G. Tyler Department of History The College of William and Mary May, 2013 APPROVAL PAGE This “Virtue in Corruption: Privateers, Smugglers, and the Shape of Empire in the Eighteenth-Century Caribbean” is submitted in