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- # Benito Cereno
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
"Benito Cereno" is a chapter within the short story collection [The Piazza Tales](arke:01KG6YFYZ22TKC7DNP0M5XSK81). This chapter, extracted from the file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD), spans lines 3060 to 5493. The chapter is part of the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of the larger work "The Piazza Tales," which is extracted from the text file "the_piazza_tales.txt." The file is part of the "Melville" collection, which contains the complete works of Herman Melville. The chapter is preceded by "BENITO CERENO." and followed by "THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN.".
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter "Benito Cereno" contains an introduction and sections, including "I, DON JOSE DE ABOS AND PADILLA, His Majesty’s Notary for the Royal Revenue, and Register of this Province, and Notary Public of the Holy Crusade of this Bishopric, etc." and "—That he believes that all the negroes, though not in the first place knowing to the design of revolt, when it was accomplished, approved it."
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