Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World

Title: Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Author: Greg Grandin ISBN: 9781250062109 Publisher: Picador Published: 2015 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1559489 Publisher Description: NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICESAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE RECOMMENDED BOOKWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE 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 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 and slaughtered most of the crew and of