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

Heywood, Linda M. 1945-

Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 / Linda M. Heywood, John K. Thornton. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 figures.

9780521770651 (hbk.) 0521770653 (hbk.) 9780521779227 (pbk.) 0521779227 (pbk.)

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Africans--History--America--17th century.
Blacks--History--America--17th century.
Creoles--History--America--17th century.
African Americans--History--17th century.
Community life--History--America--17th century.
Slavery--History--America--17th century.


Great Britain--Colonies--History--America--17th century.
Netherlands--Colonies--History--America--17th century.
America--Social conditions--17th century.
America--Race relations--History--17th century.

E29 N3 / H622c 2007