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English seized Jamaica, Indians were called in to fortify SA
Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida #163
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The labor shortage caused by the smallpox epidemic and famine were soon aggravated by events originating away from Florida. When the English seized Jamaica in 1655 all of the garrisons in the Caribbean were put on alert. Indian auxiliaries were called up to strengthen the forces at St. Augustine, and extra workmen were requisitioned for the fortifications. (Bushnell MM)
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