Privateering, colonial expansion, and the African presence in early Anglo-Dutch settlements -- The Portuguese, Kongo, and Ndongo and the origins of Atlantic-Creole culture to 1607 -- Wars, civil unrest and the dynamics of enslavement in West Central Africa, 1607--1660 -- Atlantic Creole culture : patterns of transformation and adaptations, 1607-60 -- Shifting status and the foundation of African American communities : Atlantic Creoles in the early Anglo-Dutch colonies -- Becoming slaves : Atlantic Creoles and the defining of status figures.
