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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... Lima, or The Law of General Average 25. The Lucky One 26. Undistributed Epilogue: Herman Melville's America A Note on Sources and Other Matters Archives Consulted Notes Acknowledgments Illustrations Credits Index 131 142 150 160 166 171 ...
... who was taking them to Lima. They then ordered Benito Cerreño, the vessel's owner and captain, to sail them to Senegal. Cerreño stalled, afraid of rounding Cape Horn with only a handful of sailors and 2 THE EMPIRE OF NECESSITY.
... the Pacific, as the history leading up to and including events on the Tryal reveals. What was true for Richmond was no less so for Buenos Aires and Lima—that what many meant by freedom was the freedom to buy and 6 THE EMPIRE OF NECESSITY.
... Lima markets. Throughout the thriving cities of mainland Spanish America, slaves worked, often for wages, as laborers, bakers, brickmakers, liverymen, cobblers, carpenters, tanners, smiths, rag pickers, cooks, and servants. Others, like ...
... Lima-based merchant who was at the moment in Montevideo. They would be boarded on the Santa Eulalia, a frigate then in transit from Cádiz, Spain, bound for Lima. Port taxes would be paid and customs forms filled out. Then the Eulalia ...