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The empire of necessity : slavery, freedom, and deception in the new world /

Documents an early nineteenth-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno," tracing the cultural, economic, and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates.

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Main Authors: Grandin, Greg, 1962- (Author)
Published: Picador,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2015.
©2014
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First Picador edition.
Subjects:
Delano, Amasa, > 1763-1823.
Slavery > South America > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > South America > History > 19th century.
Slave insurrections > South America > History > 19th century.
Summary: Documents an early nineteenth-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno," tracing the cultural, economic, and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates.
Carrier Form: xiv, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781250062109 (paperback) :
1250062101 (paperback)
9780805094534 (hardcover)
0805094539 (hardcover)
9781429943178 (electronic book)
1429943173 (electronic book)
Index Number: HT1121
CLC: K770.8
Call Number: K770.8/G753
Contents: Fast fish.
Hawks abroad ;
More liberty ;
A lion without a crown ;
Body and soul ;
A conspiracy of lifting and throwing ;
Interlude : I never could look at death without a shudder --
A loose fish.
A suitable guide to bliss ;
The levelling system ;
South Sea dreams ;
Interlude : black will always have something melancholy in it --
The new extreme.
The skin trade ;
Falling man ;
The crossing ;
Diamonds on the soles of their feet ;
Interlude : heaven's sense --
Further.
Killing seals ;
Isolatos ;
A terrific sovereignty ;
Slavery has grades ;
Interlude : a merry repast --
If God wills.
Night of power ;
The story of the San Juan ;
Mohammed's cursed sect ;
Interlude : abominable, contemptible Hayti --
Who ain't a slave?
Desperation ;
Deception ;
Retribution ;
Conviction ;
Interlude : the machinery of civilization --
General average.
Lima, or the law of general average ;
The lucky one ;
Undistributed ;
Epilogue : Herman Melville's America.

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