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

by Linda M. Heywood and John K. Thornton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521779227
• ISBN13: 9780521779227
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"