Most discussions of Black American English (BAE) frame it as a survival of African languages or as the product of African creolization. But if we look closer at the linguistic environment of the Atlantic world (1600s–1700s), the story points us in a different direction. 🚢 What is Maritime English? Maritime English was the simplified contact … Continue reading 🌊⚓ Black American English & Its Roots in Maritime English 🏴‍☠️