The empire of necessity : slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.

The author of "Fordlandia" documents an extraordinary early 19th-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Beneto Cereno", tracing the cultural, economic and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grandin, Greg, 1962- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Delano, Amasa, > 1763-1823. Slavery > South America > History > 19th century. Slave trade > South America > History > 19th century. Slave rebellions > South America > History > 19th century.
Physical Description:	xiv, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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