Creativity is one's ability to <em>transform/ invent new ideas or concepts</em>, creating original solutions. A creative individual tends to be able to <em>perceive different patterns and connections</em> from what is usually common.
Novelty refers to an uncommon idea, not usually given by a lot of individuals. This is why one of the criteria people use to attribute creativity to something is novelty, because it is <em>out of the ordinary and new</em>. A way to "measure" creativity is by its value in creation.
Their names, like Manuel Congo or Isabel D'Angola, reveal their West Central African origins. Because we know where many of New Amsterdam's enslaved Africans came from, we can better understand their life and culture in New Amsterdam.
