Northern regions, New England
Puritan purposes, Akan ethics, American values
Hudson Valley
Dutch capitalists, Angolan entrepreneurs, American strivers
Delaware Valley
Quaker founders, Guinea achievers, American reformers
Southern regions, Chesapeake, Virginia and Maryland
English masters, West African rebels, American leaders
Coastal Carolina and Georgia
Barbadian planters, Gullah-Geechee cultures, American roots
Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast
French, Spanish & Anglo rulers; Bamana, Benin & Congo clusters; American Pluralism
Frontier regions, Western frontiers : free range slaves
Fulani herders, Texas cowboys, American mustangers
Maritime frontiers : saltwater slaves
West African boatmen, Atlantic seamen, American mariners
Southern frontiers : warrior slaves
Angolan soldiers, Afro-Seminole warriors, U.S. Seminole-Negro scouts.