Marcus Rediker

The extraordinary story of one of the first British men to oppose slavery

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations rediscovers their radical democratic challenge to the established powers of the day.

This volume explores the transnational dimensions of mutiny and maritime radicalism during the great cycle of war and revolution that began in the mid-1750s and ran until the 1840s. The central theme of the volume is mutiny in its full geographic extent from the Atlantic to the South China Sea.

Gripping maritime history from below with pirates and escaped slaves.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea focuses upon the seamen's experience in order to illuminate larger historical issues such as the rise of capitalism, the genesis of free wage labor, and the growth of an international working class. These epic themes were intimately bound up with the everyday hopes and fears of the common men who toiled upon the deep.

The human drama of the slave trade told from a new perspective, from the decks of the slave ship

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life...

A decade of research into the seventeenth and eighteenth century unearths ideas and stories about liberty, democracy and freedom that terrified the ruling classes of the time and formed the foundations of modern revolutions.

A fascinating investigation into the stories of the forgotten revolutionaries of the Atlantic.

Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf, who advocated for the emancipation of all enslaved Africans and wrote a book condeming slavery which was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1738.

A maritime history reveals the essential roles of common sailors, slaves, pirates and outlaws in shaping the era of the tall ship. By the award-winning author of The Slave Ship.

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life...

A brilliant reanalysis of a the slave mutiny that changed the world and became a crucial moment in the abolition of slavery, by the world's foremost expert on Atlantic history.

A unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue?from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship...

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life...

"Masterly."?Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review...

The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life...

During global capitalism's long ascent from 1600-1850, workers of all kinds-slaves, indentured servants, convicts, domestic workers, soldiers, and sailors-repeatedly ran away from their masters and bosses, with profound effects. A Global History of Runaways, edited by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, and Matthias van Rossum, compares and connects runaways in the British, Danish, Dutch, French,...

During global capitalism's long ascent from 1600-1850, workers of all kinds-slaves, indentured servants, convicts, domestic workers, soldiers, and sailors-repeatedly ran away from their masters and bosses, with profound effects. A Global History of Runaways, edited by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, and Matthias van Rossum, compares and connects runaways in the British, Danish, Dutch, French,...