Grandin, Greg  , 1962- <br/><br/>
The Empire of Necessity  : Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World 
/ Greg Grandin 
 - First Edition. 
 - New York  : Metropolitan Books  , 2014 
 - 360 p.  : illus.  ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/> Documents an early nineteenth-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Beneto Cereno," tracing the cultural, economic, and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780805094534 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013014309 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Delano, Amasa , 1763 - 1823 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slavery----History----South America----19th century<br/>Slave trade----History----South America----19th century<br/>Slave insurrections----History----South America----19th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT1121  / .G73 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.362 GRA