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Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660
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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 Am
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This volume sets out a new paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the A
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