Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

ONE: The Sailor’s Yarn

TWO: Edward Barlow, “Poor Seaman”

THREE: Henry Pitman, “Fugitive Traitor”

FOUR: Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates

FIVE: A Motley Crew in the American Revolution

SIX: African Rebels: From Captives to Shipmates

SEVEN: “Black Pirates”: The Amistad Rebellion, 1839

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the George Washington Book Prize (2008), the Organization of American Historians' Merle Cuti Award (1998 and 2008), and the Sol Stetin Labor History Award (2013). His books include The Many-Headed Hydra (Beacon Press, 2000; with Peter Linebaugh), Villains of All Nations (Beacon Press, 2004), The Slave Ship (Viking, 2007), and The Amistad Rebellion (Viking, 2012).

Reviews

“With a keen eye for interesting characters, historian Rediker (The Amistad Rebellion) delivers a brisk narrative.” —Publishers Weekly

“A top-notch examination of how indentured servants, privateers, pirates and slaves affected and even directed human history in the age of sail. . . . An outstanding view of the ‘seaman’ as a ‘preeminent worker of the world.’” —Kirkus Reviews

“[Rediker's] argument that the American Revolution and the antislavery movement were rooted in and energized by the popular image of the pirate . . . is provocative and original.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“A colorful, intensely academic maritime history focused on the lower classes.” —Shelf Awareness

“[A] lifelong interest in figures at the edges of society informs Outlaws of the Atlantic, Mr. Rediker's below-decks history of the North Atlantic from the late 17th century to the American Revolution.” —Wall Street Journal