Details
- Page extent: 384 pages
- Size: 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.628 kg
Library of Congress
- Dewey number: 306.3/620899674107
- Dewey version: 22
- LC Classification: E29.N3 H49 2007
- LC Subject headings:
- Africans--America--History--17th century
- Blacks--America--History--17th century
- Creoles--America--History--17th century
- African Americans--History--17th century
- Community life--America--History--17th century
Library of Congress Record
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Contents
| Preface |
page ix |
| Acknowledgments |
xi |
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Introduction |
1 |
| 1 |
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Privateering, Colonial Expansion, and the African Presence in Early Anglo-Dutch Settlements |
5 |
| 2 |
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The Portuguese, Kongo, and Ndongo and the Origins of Atlantic Creole Culture to 1607 |
49 |
| 3 |
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Wars, Civil Unrest, and the Dynamics of Enslavement in West Central Africa, 1607–1660 |
109 |
| 4 |
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Atlantic Creole Culture: Patterns of Transformation and Adaptations, 1607–1660 |
169 |
| 5 |
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Shifting Status and the Foundation of African American Communities: Atlantic Creoles in the Early Anglo-Dutch Colonies |
236 |
| 6 |
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Becoming Slaves: Atlantic Creoles and the Defining of Status |
294 |
| Appendix: Names of Africans Appearing in Early Colonial Records |
333 |
| Index |
361 |
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