with which Delano revolves his life around sparks up like signal flares throughout the text, especially when he assumes that all blacks will continually serve with "affectionate zeal." Never does he think that the enslaved would harbor feelings of malevolence towards their master, nor that that hatred could build itself into a fleet capable of battling any vessel. By epitomizing him as an affluent gentleman out for a good time, Melville is capable of indicting most of society's beliefs – that blacks are inferior and stand no chance of gathering themselves into a competent force.
             From the moment Captain Delano sets foo
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