Empire of necessity slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World
"One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. In fact, they were performing an elaborate ruse, having risen up earlier an...
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New York :
Picador,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st Picador ed. |
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