Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 / Linda M. Heywood, John K. Thornton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heywood, Linda M. (Linda Marinda), 1945-
Other Authors: Thornton, John K. (John Kelly), 1949-
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Africans > America > History > 17th century.
Black people > America > History > 17th century.
Creoles > America > History > 17th century.
African Americans > History > 17th century.
Community life > America > History > 17th century.
Slavery > America > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century.
Netherlands > Colonies > America > History > 17th century.
America > Social conditions > 17th century.
America > Race relations > History > 17th century.
Physical Description:xiii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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, 1607-60
  • 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.