CENTRAL AFRICANS, ATLANTIC CREOLES, AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAS, 1585-1660.

Description:

331 readable pages of well organized, very well researched African History describing the complicated relationships amongst Angolan Kings, Queens and Lords; Congolese Christian Kings; Catholic Jesuits and Capuchins; and Portuguese slave traders for the period named in the Title. Co-winner of the 2008 Melville Herskovits Award for the Best Book Published in African Studies. Includes a comprehensive index and an appendix on Names of Africans Appearing in Early Colonial Records.

subjects: African Americans,  Africans,  Blacks,  Colonies,  Community life,  Creoles,  History,  Race relations,  Slavery,  Social conditions,  American history: c 1500 to c 1800,  Black studies,  History of specific racial & ethnic groups,  c 1600 to c 1700,  History: American,  Caribbean islands,  North America,  History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775),  United States - Colonial Period,  African americans, history,  Blacks, america,  Slavery, america,  Great britain, colonies, america,  Netherlands, colonies,  America, race relations,  Black people,  Congo,  Kongo,  Kimbundo,  Kikongo,  Umbundu,  African History,  Angolan History,  Congolese History,  Atlantic Slave Trade,  Capuchin,  Jesuit,  Africans--history,  Africans--america--history--17th century,  Blacks--history,  Blacks--america--history--17th century,  Creoles--history,  Creoles--america--history--17th century,  African americans--history,  African americans--history--17th century,  Community life--history,  Community life--america--history--17th century,  Slavery--history,  Slavery--america--history--17th century,  Colonies--history,  Race relations--history,  E29.n3 h49 2007,  306.3/620899674107

People: Nzinga

Places: America,  Great Britain,  Netherlands,  Angola,  Congo,  Democratic Republic of Congo

Times: 17th century,  1585-1660