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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... human bondage as an historical institution with victims and victimizers but rather as an existential, or philosophical, condition common to all. Benito Cereno is an exception. Even here, though, Melville, by forcing the reader to adopt ...
... human activity and belief not immediately associated with slavery, into, for instance, piracy, sealing, and Islam. That's the thing about American slavery: it never was just about slavery. In his memoir, Delano uses a now obsolete ...
... humans halfway across the world. They managed the long trail of paperwork—promissory notes, exchange bills, current account books, insurance policies, consignment invoices, freight and tax receipts— that tied the ports of the Río de la ...
... humanity,” Mordeille implored, in language the viceroy later said he thought exaggerated, “I ask permission to sell the slaves.” The viceroy stalled on the request. With his drooping eyes and aquiline nose, the only angular feature on ...
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