The process of Africanization- the TransAtlantic trade help send different number of African Americans to different part of the world New England 10k , middles colonies 17k, Chesapeake 128k, low country 212k
The birth of African American life & culture started on the plantation .
Family life was a building block for African life & culture
Key relations of community
African survivors known as “outlandish” “saltwater”
American born “sensible” -pshyological different walk. Walk different , talk different between the two.