Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americans, 1585-1660

Name: Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americans, 1585-1660
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ISBN: 9780521779227

ISBN-10: 0521779227

ISBN-13: 9780521779227

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Thornton, Linda M. Heywood, John K. Thornton

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Exploring the history of West Central Africa, this text establishes Central Africa as the origin of most Africans brought to English and Dutch American colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and South America in their formative period before 1660.

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 386
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Privateering, Colonial Expansion, and the African Presence in Early Anglo-Dutch Settlements



The Portuguese, Kongo, and Ndongo and the Origins of Atlantic Creole Culture to 1607



Wars, Civil Unrest, and the Dynamics of Enslavement in West Central Africa, 1607-1660



Atlantic Creole Culture: Patterns of Transformation and Adaptations, 1607-1660



Shifting Status and the Foundation of African American Communities: Atlantic Creoles in the Early Anglo-Dutch Colonies



Becoming Slaves: Atlantic Creoles and the Defining of Status



Names of Africans Appearing in Early Colonial Records


Index