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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... land. Merchants were quick to adopt the new language associated with laissez-faire economics to demand the right to import even more slaves. And they didn't mince words saying what they wanted: they wanted más libertad, más comercio ...
... land wedged between a handsome hill and a curved bay, leaving little room for gardens. Women arranged plants and flowers on rooftop promenades, where men in the evenings relaxed over coffee and cigars. From below came the ballads of ...
... land, often appeared to be the last substantial things. Slaves didn't just create wealth: as items of conspicuous consumption for a rising merchant class, they displayed wealth. And since some slaves in Spanish America, especially those ...
... land just outside the walls.1 For Mordeille and the merchants he served, Montevideo was a central hub in an expanding Atlantic economy. For untold numbers of Afri4 can slaves, however, it was their terminus. Over the course. * “Free ...
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