The Empire of Necessity: The Untold History of a Slave Rebellion in the Age of Liberty by Greg Grandin

The Empire of Necessity: The Untold History of a Slave Rebellion in the Age of Liberty

Greg Grandin

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 perf...

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