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

• Author(s): Linda M. Heywood, John K. Thornton,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 370
• ISBN_10: 0521770653
  ISBN_13: 9780521770651
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Africa / General , History / North America , History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , History / African American & Black , History / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Black Studies (Global) , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... 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 before 1660. It reveals that Central Africans were frequently possessors of an Atlantic Creole culture and places the movement of slaves and creation of the colonies within an Atlantic historical framework.