The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New WorldHenry Holt and Company, 2014年1月14日 - 384 頁 From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond |
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... Delano, Amasa, 1763–1823. I. Title. HT1121.G73 2013 306.3'6209809034—dc23 2013014309 Henry Holt books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director, Special Markets. First Edition 2014 Maps by Jeffrey ...
... Amasa Delano was lying awake in his cot when his deck officer came to tell him that a vessel had been spotted coming round the southern head of Santa María, a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Chile. By the time Delano had ...
... Delano could see the ship's name, the Tryal, painted in English in faded white letters along its bow. He could also ... Amasa Delano was on board the Tryal for about nine hours, from around seven in the morning to a little after four in ...
... Delano's thoughts, hovering around him like a school of pilot fish, moving him first this way, then that. “They all ... Amasa Delano's naïveté, Melville took chapter 18 of Amasa Delano's long memoir, “Particulars of the Capture of the ...
... Delano's account: after the ruse is revealed, the ship is captured and its ... Amasa observes Babo gently tending to the unwell Cereno, dressing him ... Delano could not but bethink him of the beauty of that relationship which could ...