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it deals extensively with the geopolitics of atlantic slavery in the late 17th & early to mid-18th centuries; how slave rebellions as well as conflict with Spain produced a dynamic that simultaneously strengthened slavery in british america & weakened london’s commitment to it. — PolitiTweet.org

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i.e., british authorities want to build a buffer class of free blacks, arming them to protect holdings from spain, but the prospect of black soldiers would enrage the american settlers, who are already dealing with spanish forces in florida, who seek to incite rebellion. — PolitiTweet.org