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Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Title
The empire of necessity : slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.
Publication Info.
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
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GDL Central Library Non-Fiction
306.362 GRA
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First edition.
Description
xiv, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
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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Delano, Amasa, 1763-1823.
Slavery -- South America -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- South America -- History -- 19th century.
Slave insurrections -- South America -- History -- 19th century.
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9780805094534 hardback
0805094539 hardback
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