HIST 211: Reimaging the Caribbean: Empire, Commodities, and Labor 1492-1830 (FALL 2024)

1. Start by writing out your question or topic.
2. identify key terms
3. identify potential synonyms
4. Use AND OR NOT to create search phrases. 
5. Conduct several searches, revising keywords backed on subject terms & commonly used language in the articles/books.

1. TOPICS

• slavery in the Atlantic World
• rebellions and topics surrounding abolition and emancipation
•  indigenous slavery
• early Spanish Caribbean,
• environmental history
• land use,
• piracy

2. Terms

• Slavery, atlantic world
• slave rebellions, Caribbean
• Abolition and emancipation
• Indigenous slavery
• spanish caribbean
• Environmental history, caribbean
• Caribbean, land use
• Piracy, Caribbean

3. Synonyms

• Slave, slaves, slavery, enslaved, caribbean, atlantic world
• Slave rebellions, revolts
• Abolition, emancipation
• indigenous slavery
• spanish caribbean
• Environmental history, caribbean
• Caribbean, land use
• Piracy, smuggling, privateers, pirates

4. Searches with AND OR NOT

• slavery in the Atlantic World
  • (slave* OR enslaved) AND (caribbean OR atlantic)
• rebellions 
  • (slave* OR enslaved) AND (rebel* OR revolt* OR uprising*)
• abolition and emancipation
  • (abolition* OR emancipat*) AND (caribbean OR atlantic)
•  indigenous slavery
  • ("indigenous slavery") AND (caribbean OR atlantic)
  • (caribbean OR atlantic) AND (slave* OR enslave*) AND ("indians of north america" OR "indigenous")
• early Spanish Caribbean,
  • (Spain OR spanish) AND caribbean
• environmental history
  • caribbean AND "environmental history"
• land use,
  • caribbean AND ("land use" OR "land usage")
• piracy
  • caribbean AND (pirate* OR piracy)