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 swe...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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!