Biography and the Black Atlantic

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Biography and the Black Atlantic THE EARLY MODERN AMERICAS Peter C. Mancall, Series Editor Volumes in the series explore neglected aspects of early modern history in the western hemisphere. Interdisciplinary in character, and with a special emphasis on the Atlantic World from 1450 to 1850, the series is published in partnership with the USC–Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. university of pennsylvania press philadelphia BIOGRAPHY • AND THE • BLACK ATLANTIC Edited by Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet Copyright © 2014 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Biography and the black Atlantic / edited by Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Early modern Americas) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4546-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Blacks—Atlantic Ocean Region—Historiography. 2. Blacks—Atlantic Ocean Region—Biography. 3. Blacks— Atlantic Ocean Region—History. 4. Blacks—Atlantic Ocean Region—Biography. 5. Slave trade—Atlantic Ocean Region— History. 6. Biography as a literary form. I. Lindsay, Lisa A. II. Sweet, John Wood, 1966–. III. Series: Early modern Americas. D13.5.A75B56 2013 909'.049601821—dc23 2013012708 ...