The many-headed hydra : sailors, slaves, commoners, and the hidden history of the revolutionary Atlantic
"Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motley crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, laborers, market women, and indentured servants had ideas about freedom and equality that would forever change history. The Many Headed-Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world."--Jacket
History
433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780807050064, 9780807050071, 9781859847985, 0807050067, 0807050075, 1859847986
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Introduction
Wreck of the Sea-venture
Hewers of wood and drawers of water
Blackymore maide named Francis
Divarication of the Putney debates
Hydrarchy : sailors, pirates, and the maritime state
Outcasts of the nations of the earth
Motley crew in the American Revolution
Conspiracy of Edward and Catherine Despard
Robert Wedderburn and Atlantic Jubilee
Conclusion : Tyger! Tyger!