Jorge Canizares-Esguerra is Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of several books, including How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World. Matt D. Childs is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and author of The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery. James Sidbury is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Rice University and author of Becoming African in America: Race and Nation in the Early Black Atlantic.

"A timely and important collection of essays on a subject of vital interest to historians of the early modern Atlantic world. By decisively moving away from an earlier generation of scholars who seemed to see slavery and urban life as incompatible, this substantial and original volume makes a major contribution to the ways in which we study Atlantic history and the African diaspora." (Vincent Brown, Harvard University)

• Introduction-Jorge CaÑizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James SidburyI. AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACESChapter 1. Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone-David NorthrupChapter 2. Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community-Robin LawChapter 3. African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia-JoÃo JosÉ ReisII. THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCYChapter 4. Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba-Matt D. ChildsChapter 5. The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap FranÇais-David GeggusChapter 6. Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity-Trevor BurnardIII. URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMYChapter 7. The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands-Jane LandersChapter 8. The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots-Kevin DawsonChapter 9. Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda-Roquinaldo FerreiraChapter 10. African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports-Mariza de Carvalho SoaresIV. BLACK IDENTITIES IN NONPLANTATION ECONOMIESChapter 11. The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon-James H. SweetChapter 12. Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City-Nicole von GermetenList of ContributorsNotesBibliographic EssayIndexAcknowledgments

Jorge Canizares-Esguerra is Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of several books, including How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World. Matt D. Childs is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and author of The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery. James Sidbury is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Rice University and author of Becoming African in America: Race and Nation in the Early Black Atlantic.

"A timely and important collection of essays on a subject of vital interest to historians of the early modern Atlantic world. By decisively moving away from an earlier generation of scholars who seemed to see slavery and urban life as incompatible, this substantial and original volume makes a major contribution to the ways in which we study Atlantic history and the African diaspora." (Vincent Brown, Harvard University)

• Introduction-Jorge CaÑizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James SidburyI. AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACESChapter 1. Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone-David NorthrupChapter 2. Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community-Robin LawChapter 3. African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia-JoÃo JosÉ ReisII. THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCYChapter 4. Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba-Matt D. ChildsChapter 5. The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap FranÇais-David GeggusChapter 6. Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity-Trevor BurnardIII. URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMYChapter 7. The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands-Jane LandersChapter 8. The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots-Kevin DawsonChapter 9. Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda-Roquinaldo FerreiraChapter 10. African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports-Mariza de Carvalho SoaresIV. BLACK IDENTITIES IN NONPLANTATION ECONOMIESChapter 11. The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon-James H. SweetChapter 12. Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City-Nicole von GermetenList of ContributorsNotesBibliographic EssayIndexAcknowledgments

Jorge Canizares-Esguerra is Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of several books, including How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World. Matt D. Childs is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and author of The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery. James Sidbury is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Rice University and author of Becoming African in America: Race and Nation in the Early Black Atlantic.

"A timely and important collection of essays on a subject of vital interest to historians of the early modern Atlantic world. By decisively moving away from an earlier generation of scholars who seemed to see slavery and urban life as incompatible, this substantial and original volume makes a major contribution to the ways in which we study Atlantic history and the African diaspora." (Vincent Brown, Harvard University)

• Introduction-Jorge CaÑizares-Esguerra, Matt D. Childs, and James SidburyI. AFRICAN IDENTITIES IN ATLANTIC SPACESChapter 1. Identity among Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone-David NorthrupChapter 2. Ouidah as a Multiethnic Community-Robin LawChapter 3. African Nations in Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Bahia-JoÃo JosÉ ReisII. THE SOURCES OF BLACK AGENCYChapter 4. Re-creating African Ethnic Identities in Cuba-Matt D. ChildsChapter 5. The Slaves and Free People of Color of Cap FranÇais-David GeggusChapter 6. Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity-Trevor BurnardIII. URBAN SPACES AND BLACK AUTONOMYChapter 7. The African Landscape of Seventeenth-Century Cartagena and Its Hinterlands-Jane LandersChapter 8. The Cultural Geography of Enslaved Ship Pilots-Kevin DawsonChapter 9. Slavery and the Social and Cultural Landscapes of Luanda-Roquinaldo FerreiraChapter 10. African Barbeiros in Brazilian Slave Ports-Mariza de Carvalho SoaresIV. BLACK IDENTITIES IN NONPLANTATION ECONOMIESChapter 11. The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon-James H. SweetChapter 12. Black Brotherhoods in Mexico City-Nicole von GermetenList of ContributorsNotesBibliographic EssayIndexAcknowledgments