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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... took their babies and gathered together in the stern, where they began to sing a slow dirge to a tune Delano didn't recognize. Nor did he understand the words, though the song had the opposite effect on him than did the soothing mix of ...
... ' wile or intrigued by Amasa Delano's naïveté, Melville took chapter 18 of Amasa Delano's long memoir, “Particulars of the Capture of the Spanish Ship Tryal,” and turned it into what many consider 4 THE EMPIRE OF NECESSITY.
... took place in late 1804, nearly exactly midway between the American Revolution and the Spanish American wars for independence. 1804 was also the year Haiti declared itself free, establishing the second republic in the Americas and the ...
... took the whip fifteen lashes—or executed, made to walk the plank or hung by the yardarm. Even on ships like the Hope, which sailed with an insurgent élan and did away with rank, the authority of Mordeille, whether he be called citizen ...
... took to the streets, peddling goods they either made themselves or sold on commission. It wasn't just their labor that spurred the commercialization of society. The driving of more and more slaves inland, across the continent, the ...