In a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions, a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from slaves into active

This is a cutting-edge collection of original essays on the connections and structures that made the Atlantic world a coherent regional entity.

Cundill History Prize Finalist Longman–History Today Prize Finalist Winner of the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize “Meticulous environmental-historical detectiv

Sailing the tide of a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions, a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from s

This book explores the surprising similarities in the political ideas of the American and Latin American independence movements.