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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... Story of the San Juan 19. Mohammed's Cursed Sect Interlude: Abominable, Contemptible Hayti PART VI: WHO AINT A SLAVE? 20. Desperation 21. Deception 22. Retribution 23. Conviction Interlude: The Machinery of Civilization PART VII ...
... stories” and sharing their “grievances” in a babel of languages. They spoke in Wolof, Mandinka, Fulani, and Spanish, a rush of words indecipherable in its details but soothing to Delano in its generalities. Earlier, as his men rowed ...
... story about storms, doldrums, and fevers to account for the state of his ship and the absence of any officer besides himself. Delano didn't know what to make of Cerreño. He remained uneasy around him, even after he had convinced himself ...
... story inspired by the events on the Tryal, and one of the most haunting pieces of writing in American literature, is Herman Melville's Benito Cereno. Whether he was impressed with the slaves' wile or intrigued by Amasa Delano's naïveté ...
... story, that led reviewers at the time to comment on its “weird-like narrative” and to describe reading it as a “creeping horror.”4 Most of Benito Cereno takes place in the fictional Delano's mind. Page after page is devoted to his ...