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Part I. The Oceans Shall Unloose the Bonds of Things: 1. Antecedents:the Americas, Africa and Europe in the fifteenth century; 2. Commencement:the European opening of the Atlantic ocean; 3. Conquests: forging the Iberianempires in Africa and the Americas; 4. Realms: the overseas empires of Spainand Portugal; Part II. Europe Supported by Africa and America: 5. Incursions:French, English and Dutch invasions of the Iberian Atlantic; 6. Engagement:the entangled worlds of Indians and Europeans; 7. Uprooted: West Africa, theAmericas, and the Atlantic slave trade; 8. Bondage: the Atlantic plantationcomplex and the cultures of slaves; 9. Partners: women and men in the makingof the Atlantic world; Part III. A New Order of the Ages: 10. Rivals: Britainand France in the long eighteenth century; 11. Liberty: the Atlantic world inthe age of revolution; 12. Equality: the Atlantic world in the age ofrevolution; 13. Freedom: the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and newworld slavery.