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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCHAPTER ONE FIRST SIGHTSDLLASTING IMPRESSIONS ; ELITE AFRICANS IN EUROPE TO 1650 ; ENSLAVED AFRICANS IN EUROPE ; DISCOVERING EUROPEANS IN AFRICA ; SOUTHEAST AFRICA, 1589DS1635 ; KONGO COSMOLOGY ; CHAPTER TWO POLITICS AND RELIGION ; THE MEANINGS OF RELIGIOUS CONVERSION ; BENIN AND WARRI ; THE KINGDOM OF KONGO ; SWAHILI AND MUTAPA ; ETHIOPIA ; CONCLUSION ; CHAPTER THREE COMMERCE AND CULTURE ; AFRICAN TRADING STRATEGIES ; THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ; LANGUAGE, TRADE, AND CULTURE ; SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS ; CONCLUSION ; CHAPTER FOUR ATLANTIC IMPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY ; EVALUATING INLAND TRADE ; TEXTILES AND METALS ; TOBACCO AND DISTILLED SPIRITS ; GUNS AND POLITICS ; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES ; CHAPTER FIVE AFRICANS IN EUROPE, 1650DS1850 ; AFRICAN DELEGATES AND STUDENTS ; SERVANTS HIGH AND LOW IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE ; ANGLO-AFRICANS ; SCHOLARS AND CHURCHMEN ; CONCLUSION ; CHAPTER SIX PASSAGES IN SLAVERY ; CAPTURE IN AFRICA ; THE MIDDLE PASSAGE ; NEW IDENTITIES ; CREOLIZATION ; AFRICANIZATION ; CONCLUSION ; EPILOGUE: TRENDS AFTER 1850 ; INDEX
