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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... West Africans had seized control of the Tryal nearly two months earlier and executed most of its crew and passengers, along with the slave trader who was taking them to Lima. They then ordered Benito Cerreño, the vessel's owner and ...
... West Africans let Delano come on board and they acted as if they were still slaves. Mori stayed at Cerreño's side and feigned to be a humble and devoted servant. Cerreño pretended he was still in charge, making up a story about storms ...
... West Africans unraveled. Delano was sitting in the stern of his away boat, about to return to the Perseverance, when Benito Cerreño leapt overboard to escape Mori and came crashing down at his feet. It was at that point, after hearing ...
... West African might not only be equal to the Spanish captain but be his master was beyond Delano's comprehension. Amasa observes Babo gently tending to the unwell Cereno, dressing him, wiping spittle from his mouth, and nestling him in ...
... Africans to the Americas since the early 1500s, long before subversive ... Africans into the continent any which way they could, working with privateers to ... Western Hemisphere as a whole, what was happening in South America in the ...