The Many-Headed Hydra

Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh

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A fascinating investigation into the stories of the forgotten revolutionaries of the Atlantic.

Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motely crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, labourers, market women, and indentured servants had ideas about freedom and equality that would for ever change history. The Many-Headed Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world.

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