Transcriber's Note: The original publication has beenreplicated faithfully except as listed here.


HISTORY

OF

THE BUCCANEERS

OF

AMERICA.


By JAMES BURNEY, F.R.S.

CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY.


London:

Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields;
FOR PAYNE AND FOSS, PALL-MALL.

1816.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Considerations on the Rights acquired by the Discovery ofUnknown Lands, and on the Claims advanced by the Spaniards.

CHAP. II.

Review of the Dominion of the Spaniards in Hayti orHispaniola.
Page
Hayti, or Hispaniola, the Land on which the Spaniards first settled in America7
Government of Columbus9
Dogs made use of against the Indians10
Massacre of the Natives, and Subjugation of the Island11
Heavy Tribute imposed12
City of Nueva Ysabel, or Santo Domingo14
Beginning of the Repartimientos16
Government of Bovadillaib.
The Natives compelled to work the Mines17
Nicolas Ovando, Governorib.
Working the Mines discontinued18
The Natives again forced to the Mines19
Insurrection in Higuey20
Encomiendas establishedib.
Africans carried to the West Indies21
Massacre of the People of Xaragua22
Death of Queen Ysabel23
Desperate condition of the Natives24
The Grand Antilles26
Small Antilles,
...

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