The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade.
Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge.
The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages) - The Early Modern Americas Series . - The Early Modern Americas Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACES -- Chapter 1 Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone -- Chapter 2 Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community -- Chapter 3 African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia -- PART II: THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCY -- Chapter 4 Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba -- Chapter 5 The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap Français -- Chapter 6 Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity -- PART III: URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMY -- Chapter 7 The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands -- Chapter 8 The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots -- Chapter 9 Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda -- Chapter 10 African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports -- PART IV: BLACK IDENTITIES IN NON-PLANTATION ECONOMIES -- Chapter 11 The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon -- Chapter 12 Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In The Black Urban Atlantic, eleven original essays by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America chronicle the black experience in Atlantic ports, providing a rich and diverse portrait of the ways in which Africans experienced urban life during the era of plantation slavery.
9780812208139
Electronic books.
HT985.B53 2013
305.896018210903
The Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages) - The Early Modern Americas Series . - The Early Modern Americas Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACES -- Chapter 1 Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone -- Chapter 2 Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community -- Chapter 3 African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia -- PART II: THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCY -- Chapter 4 Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba -- Chapter 5 The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap Français -- Chapter 6 Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity -- PART III: URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMY -- Chapter 7 The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands -- Chapter 8 The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots -- Chapter 9 Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda -- Chapter 10 African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports -- PART IV: BLACK IDENTITIES IN NON-PLANTATION ECONOMIES -- Chapter 11 The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon -- Chapter 12 Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In The Black Urban Atlantic, eleven original essays by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America chronicle the black experience in Atlantic ports, providing a rich and diverse portrait of the ways in which Africans experienced urban life during the era of plantation slavery.
9780812208139
Electronic books.
HT985.B53 2013
305.896018210903