The empire of necessity : slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World
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Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Published
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
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xiv, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.36209 D337
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Delano, Amasa, -- 1763-1823.
Slave insurrections -- South America -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- South America -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- South America -- History -- 19th century.

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Published
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Documents an early nineteenth-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.

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