The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of lifeIn The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker ch
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.
A scholarly account of the 19th-century slave ship rebellion is presented from the perspectives of the slaves and discusses their shared culture on another continent and their harrowing fight for free
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.
