Start with high-confidence caribbean history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Republic of Pirates
Colin Woodard
Empire of Blue Water
Stephan Talty, John H. Mayer
Why the Cocks Fight
Michele Wucker
Rastafari
Barry Chevannes
Jah Kingdom
Monique A. Bedasse, Monique Bedasse
Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640
David Wheat
US According to Them
Ligia T. Domenech
War Against All Puerto Ricans
Nelson A Denis
The Buccaneers of America
John Esquemeling, Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Try Not to Be Strange
Michael Hingston
The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century
Clarence Henry Haring, Musaicum Press
