abolition of slavery, 8–10, 119–120, 124n9, 169, 173, 181–185, 189–191, 326, 331, 335, 337, 342, 371–373

abolitionists, 9, 41–42, 74, 135, 137–138, 170–171, 197n47, 331, 339–340, 352–353

Africa, 1, 3, 6, 9, 13, 24–25, 31–32, 34–35, 47n53, 77, 80, 82–83, 91–96, 110–111, 118, 124, 138–140, 143–144, 149, 156n32, 203–206, 209–212, 217–220, 222–224, 227–229, 233n16, 233n19, 234n24, 239–240, 247, 251, 255–256, 281, 283, 285–286, 293, 296, 298, 299n17, 303n59, 312, 317, 333, 359–360, 363–364, 370–371, 375–376, 379–381, 383

African Civilization Society, 144

African diaspora, 93–95, 258, 268n54, 292, 295, 383n4

African immigrants, 112–113, 122, 125n12, 125n13

Amistad, 144–145, 147, 151

Anglo-AfricanMagazine, 138–140

Angola, 185, 242–246, 249, 252–253, 268n54

antislavery, 9–10, 112, 136–137, 143, 151–152, 161–162, 165, 168, 172, 185, 192n3, 314, 324n21, 327, 329–331, 334–335, 337

Atlantic Ocean, 2–3, 5–6, 12, 242, 274

Atlantic history, 2–3, 75, 98, 162, 314

Atlantic world, 1–3, 6, 8–9, 12–13, 15n4, 73–76, 79–80, 83, 94–95, 140, 143, 149, 162, 256–257, 316, 336, 340, 360, 383n3

Bahia, 4, 10–11, 175, 203–205, 209, 211–212, 214–215, 217–224, 226–227, 232n7, 232n9, 232n11, 233n16, 234n26, 236n51, 237n52, 238n68, 239–260, 261n2, 262n2, 263n6, 268

Bailyn, Bernard, 2

Banks, Robert, 342

Bannister, John, 29–33

Bay of Honduras, 21, 29–31, 35, 37–38, 40–41, 47n57, 48n62

Benguela (port), 4, 5, 11, 17, 239–260, 261n2, 262n3, 263n4, 264n8, 265n22, 266, 268n54, 269, 270n72

Benin, Bight of, 5, 11, 17, 241, 246, 251, 255, 258, 260, 262n2, 266n35

Biard, Francois-Auguste, 337, 356n27

Bibb, Henry, 342–344

Black Atlantic, 3, 12–13, 73, 95, 314, 359–362, 364, 370, 376–377, 381

Black Loyalists, 73, 83–84, 89, 91–93, 95, 106n122

Bleby, Henry, 334–335

boatmen, 8, 53–54, 59, 66n2

Bonfim, Martiniano do, 205–211, 220, 222–224, 226, 231n4, 233n16, 237n56