Herman Melville’s 1855 classic novella Benito Cereno is a gripping tale of deception and racial tension. Set in 1799, it follows naïve American Captain Amasa Delano as he boards a distressed Spanish slave ship, the San Dominick. Unbeknownst to him, the enslaved passengers have revolted and are forcing the surviving crew to act as their captives.

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