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From perfidious papists to prosperous planters
Making Irish elites in the early modern English Caribbean
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Centring on the experiences of three Irish men (Cornelius Bryan, John Blake and William Stapleton) who arrived in the Caribbean in the middle of the seventeenth century, this chapter uncovers the strategies they employed to circumvent English perceptions of their barbarous natures and the threat posed by their religious beliefs. By acquiring property in land, becoming enslavers, emulating English social and cultural norms, and quietly hiding their Catholicism, these men (and hundreds more like them) encouraged English elites to rethink their former antipathy towards anyone hailing from Ireland. These property-owning Irish men became important members of the planter class and, as such, played key roles in England’s imperial success. 

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