Enemies Bound by Trade: Jamaica, Cuba, and the Shared World of Contraband in Atlantic Empires, 1710-1760 by Andrew James Rutledge A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in The University of Michigan 2018 Doctoral Committee: Professor David Hancock, Chair Professor Susan Juster Professor Susan Parrish Professor Rebecca Scott Andrew J. Rutledge
[email protected] ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7474-1336 © Andrew J. Rutledge 2018 Dedication To my parents, for everything. ii Acknowledgements It wasn’t until I began planning these Acknowledgements that I began to realize just how many people made this dissertation possible. This realization has left me deeply humbled by the support, both financial and moral, shown to me over the last seven years. Truly, it takes a village to write a dissertation. Financially, support from the University of Michigan History Department and Rackham Graduate School made the bulk of my research and writing possible, particularly in the early phases when I was still trying to wrap my head around what I was attempting. A Fulbright Research Grant allowed me to spend six months in Jamaica, an opportunity that allowed me to mine the island’s rich archives and also to see firsthand many of the places I write about. There is no substitute for that experience and this dissertation would have been much the poorer for it. Additional support from the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies and an Alfredo Gutiérrez Dissertation Award from the Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies allowed me to finish a draft without having to balance writing and teaching.