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Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 - Heywood, Linda M, and Thornton, John K
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This book 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. It reveals that Central Africans were frequently possessors of an Atlantic Creole culture that included adaptation of Christianity and elements of European language, especially names and material culture. It places the movement of slaves and creation of the colonies within an Atlantic historical framework, including ...

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Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 2007, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780521779227

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Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 2007, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780521770651

Hardcover