{"product_id":"the-empire-of-necessity-slavery-freedom-and-deception-in-the-new-world-9781250062109","title":"The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eE\u003cb\u003eDITOR'S CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE \u003c\/i\u003eRECOMMENDED BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eFordlandia\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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 officers. When Delano, an idealistic, anti-slavery republican, finally realized the deception-that the men and women he thought were humble slaves were actually running the ship-he rallied his crew to respond with explosive violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on research on four continents, \u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold history of this extraordinary event and its bloody aftermath. Delano's blindness that day has already inspired one masterpiece-Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eBenito Cereno\u003c\/i\u003e. Now historian Greg Grandin returns to these dramatic events to paint an indelible portrait of a world in the throes of revolution, providing a new transnational history of slavery in the Americas-and capturing the clash of peoples, economies, and faiths that was the New World in the early 1800s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Grandin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 4.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250062109","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259400876169,"sku":"9781250062109","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e3a8f0e3-11ef-403a-8fc3-835d9f789a42.jpg?v=1749542647","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-empire-of-necessity-slavery-freedom-and-deception-in-the-new-world-9781250062109","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}