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  • Freedom Ship

    The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

    **Winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award · Shortlisted for the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award · A Library Journal Best History Book of the YearA definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship**As many as 100,000 enslaved people ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Amistad Rebellion

    An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

    **"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia TribuneA 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**In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Under the Banner of King Death

    Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel

    Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and ‘outcasts of all nations,’ an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century piratesA tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real pirates, an itinerant community of outsiders, behind our legends. This ... Read more

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  • Fearless Benjamin

    The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery

    Illustrated by Sarah Bachman ...
    Fearless Benjamin tells the story of a courageous little person, only four feet tall, who fought slavery at a time when almost everyone else accepted it. A shepherd, a sailor, and a Quaker, Benjamin Lay insisted that all people, of all nations and races around the world, were equal. Every human being - rich and poor, men and women, Black and white - deserved respect, love, and freedom. After he ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Fearless Benjamin

    The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery

    Illustrated by Sarah Bachman ...
    Benjamin Lay’s remarkable life story can be a lesson in courage and hope for us all.Fearless Benjamin tells the story of a courageous little person, only four feet tall, who fought slavery at a time when almost everyone else accepted it. A shepherd, a sailor, and a Quaker, Benjamin Lay insisted that all people, of all nations and races around the world, were equal. Every human being—rich and poor, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Villains of All Nations

    Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

    Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Outlaws of the Atlantic

    Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail

    This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship.In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Villains of All Nations

    Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

    Narrated by Cornell Womack ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 12 min

    Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.Rediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • The Many-Headed Hydra

    Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

    Winner of the International Labor History AwardLong 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 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Many-Headed Hydra

    Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

    Unabridged

    16 hours 33 min

    Winner of the International Labor History AwardLong 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 ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • The Black Schooner

    Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel

    A stunning graphic history of how enslaved Africans on board the Amistad rebelled and captured the slave ship in 1839, challenging a whitewashed version of history and putting the Africans back at the center of their own freedom storyFrom the trio of Rediker, Lester, and Buhle comes another graphic "history from below" about the Amistad rebellion of 1839 when 53 enslaved Africans on the slave ship ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Slave Ship

    A Human History

    Narrated by Cornell Womack ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 30 min

    In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century.In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. With meticulous detail, Rediker uncovers the harsh ... Read more

    $25.00 USD