Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. A Note on Language xvii
5. Chronology xxiii
6. Maps xxviii
7. Introduction. Layered Diasporas 1
8. I. War and Conquest
9. Chapter One. March 21, 1645 23
10. Chapter Two. Before He Died, I Killed Zumbi 54
11. II. Spirits
12. Map 82
13. Chapter Three. Whose Confusion? 83
14. Chapter Four. Flying Home? 107
15. III. People
16. Chapter Five. Pedro, Paula, and the Refugees 129
17. Chapter Six. The Powerful and Almost Powerful 151
18. Chapter Seven. The “Indians of Palmares” 168
19. IV. Places
20. Chapter Eight. Greater Palmares 191
21. Chapter Nine. Farther North 214
22. V. Deaths and Rebirths
23. Chapter Ten. Killing Zumbi (Again) 239
24. Chapter Eleven. Connected and Beyond 261
25. Conclusion. Tapera dos Palmares 280
26. Appendix A. A Latin Americanist Introduction to Africanist Comparative Historical Linguistics 299
27. Appendix B. Supplemental List of Sources 307
28. Notes 313
29. Bibliography 379
30. Index 435