The Many-headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary AtlanticFor most readers the tale told here will be completely new. For those already acquainted with the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the image of that age which they have been so carefully taught and cultivated will be profoundly challenged. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
The Wreck of the SeaVenture | 8 |
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water | 36 |
A Blackymore Maide Named Francis | 71 |
The Divarication of the Putney Debates | 104 |
Sailors Pirates and the Maritime State | 143 |
The Conspiracy of Edward and Catherine Despard | 248 |
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