The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
By Greg Grandin
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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. Having earlier seized control of the vessel and slaughtered most of t…
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AwardsSocial SciencesHistoryNonfictionAfrican AmericansAfrican American HistoryWorld HistorySocial Sciences - General & MiscellaneousUnited States HistoryAmericas - General & Miscellaneous HistoryAfrican American HistoryGeneral & Miscellaneous Americas HistorySlavery - Social SciencesSlavery & Abolitionism - African American History2014 Samuel Johnson Prize ShortlistWall Street Journal's Best Nonfiction of 2014San Francisco Chronicle's Best Nonfiction of 20142015 Bancroft Prize WinnersBancroft PrizesHistory AwardsPrevious Winners - Bancroft PrizesAll Previous Finalists - Baillie Gifford PrizeBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize)British Literary AwardsBest Books of the Year 2014Best Books of the YearWall Street Journal's Best Books of 2014San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2014



