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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... merchant ships at will, even in the distant South Pacific. Now, though, hollow cheeks and frantic eyes confirmed that the misery was real, turning Delano's fears into “feelings of pity.” Amasa Delano was on board the Tryal for about ...
... 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 libre de ...
... merchants from whom they brought their slaves: did they come to the coast in “small parties” or “caravans”? What were the names of the “towns or villages passed through”? Were the people in these towns “Mohamedans or pagans”? If they ...
... merchant fleets of all the seafaring empires and republics at the time, men of color—among them, Africans, South Sea islanders, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, and freed American blacks—worked on ships, including slave ships, as cooks, cabin ...
... merchant reaction, savage fellows patrolled the streets, often led by a “dissipated, but determined-looking officer ... merchants. After all, he swore allegiance not to ideals but to the French nation, which had abolished slavery in its ...