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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. When Delano, an idealistic, anti-slavery republican, finally realized the deception, he responded with explosive violence.

Empire of Necessity Slavery Freedom and Deception

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 13/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9781250062109, 978-1250062109
      ISBN10: 1250062101

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      Book Synopsis
      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. When Delano, an idealistic, anti-slavery republican, finally realized the deception, he responded with explosive violence.

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