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Grating the Nutmeg
203. Amistad Retold: New Haven and the 1839 Amistad Revolt

Grating the Nutmeg

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 42:27


The New Haven Museum staff and their community partners have reinterpreted the Amistad story in an exhibition that takes a new angle on the familiar story of the Amistad.   The 1839 Amistad Revolt was led by 53 West African captives who were being trafficked from Havana's slave markets on the schooner La Amistad after being kidnapped from their homeland. For nearly 19 months in New Haven, the Amistad captives worked closely with anti-slavery activists who formed the Amistad Committee and connected with networks of engaged citizens to organize and fundraise for their legal defense.   The New Haven Museum exhibition, “Amistad: Retold,” centers the people who led the 1839 revolt and their collective actions to determine their own lives. It also focuses on New Haven as the site of their incarceration and abolitionist organizing.    My guests for this episode are award-winning historian, writer, and filmmaker Dr. Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh, and Joanna Steinberg, the New Haven Museum's Director of Learning and Engagement. Dr. Rediker will present, “Rethinking the Amistad Story” at the New Haven Museum on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 6 p.m. This is a rare local opportunity to meet the historian whose work transformed the understanding of the Amistad revolt and was central to the recent re-interpretation of the New Haven Museum exhibit, “Amistad: Retold."   Don't forget to register for Dr. Rediker's upcoming lecture on April 3rd at the New Haven Museum-the link with further information is here: https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/50304-2/   Be sure to visit Dr. Rediker's  website at www.marcusrediker.com/ for information on his 2012 book The Amistad Rebellion, An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Rebellion published by Penguin Press.    To watch his award-winning film about visiting Sierra Leonne, Ghosts of Amistad, go to the website www.ghostsofamistad.com   ----------------------------------------------- We have a serious funding gap for 2025. You can help us continue to tell the important stories from Connecticut's history by donating a fixed dollar amount monthly. It's easy to set up a monthly donation on the Connecticut Explored website at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/gratingthenutmeg/ We need and appreciate your support!   Subscribe to get your copy of our beautiful magazine Connecticut Explored delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at  https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored    If you are looking for fun and interesting things to do around the state, our magazine and bi-monthly enewsletter will fill you in! Subscribe and sign up for our free enewsletter at our website at ctexplored.org   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at www.highwattagemedia.com/   Follow GTN on our socials-Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky.   Follow host Mary Donohue on Facebook and Instagram at WeHa Sidewalk Historian. Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Thank you for listening!  

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Learning Curve: U-Pitt.’s Marcus Rediker on Amistad Slave Rebellion & Black History Month (#227)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025


In this episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Alisha Searcy interview historian Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and author of The Amistad Rebellion. Prof. Rediker explores the 1839 slave revolt aboard the schooner La Amistad. He recounts the leadership of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) and the wider history and human toll of the transatlantic slave trade. Prof. Rediker details […]

The Learning Curve
U-Pitt.'s Marcus Rediker on Amistad Slave Rebellion & Black History Month

The Learning Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 55:28


In this episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Alisha Searcy interview historian Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and author of The Amistad Rebellion. Prof. Rediker explores the 1839 slave revolt aboard the schooner La Amistad. He recounts the leadership of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) and the wider history and human toll of the transatlantic slave trade. Prof. Rediker details the Amistad Africans' journey from Sierra Leone to Havana's barracoons, their rebellion at sea, and their capture off Long Island. He examines the legal battle, from their defense by abolitionists to American statesman John Quincy Adams' stirring legal argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, which helped secure their freedom. Prof. Rediker highlights the Amistad SCOTUS case's impact on the abolitionist movement and the fate of Cinqué and his comrades upon returning to West Africa. He discusses how the Amistad revolt should be remembered and taught, ensuring that this extraordinary story of resistance and justice remains a vital part of our historical consciousness. In closing, Prof. Rediker reads a passage from his book The Amistad Rebellion.

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Creating the Caribbean: The Colonial West Indies -- pt. 2 High Plantation Period, 1697-1791

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 97:28


We examine the complex and tumultuous history of the lands around the Caribbean basin, including the rise of the massive sugar-plantation colonies of Jamaica and Saint Domingue, which depended upon an enormous traffic in enslaved African workers, the emergence of distinctive creole languages and spiritual practices, the flourishing of piracy amidst inter-imperial wars, and the long struggle of resistance by slave rebels and defiant Maroons which eventually culminated in the catacylismic upheaval known today as the Haitian Revolution. Image: Women at a linen market, Dominica, by Agostino Brunias, ca. 1780. Our previous lecture on Creating the Caribbean: https://soundcloud.com/historiansplaining/creating-the-caribbean-the-colonial-west-indies-pt-1-1496-1697 Suggested further reading: Richard Dunn, "Sugar and Slaves"; Trevor Burnard, "Master, Tyranny, & Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves"; John Sensbach, "Rebecca's Revival"; Marcus Rediker, "The Slave Ship"; Rediker & Linebaugh, "The Many-Headed Hydra"; Christopher L. Brown, "Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism." Please support to keep this podcast coming and to hear patron-only lectures including on the Dead Sea Scrolls: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632

Librería Traficantes de Sueños
La hidra de la revolución. Marineros, esclavos y comuneros en la historia oculta del Atlántico

Librería Traficantes de Sueños

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 97:20


Con su autor, Marcus Rediker. (charla en inglés) En esta trepidante historia, Rediker (en coautoría con Peter Linebaugh)nos ofrecen otra interpretación de la formación del mundo moderno. En su vindicación de la «historia desde abajo», los protagonistas no son aquí los grandes Estados y sus ejércitos, las compañías comerciales o la inteligencia burguesa del primer capitalismo. Antes al contrario, estas páginas están pobladas por los marineros, los esclavos, los indígenas, las mujeres y los pobres que sufrieron y a la vez hicieron posible esta primera globalización capitalista.

Bloomberg Surveillance
Surveillance: Debt Limit with Crebo-Rediker

Bloomberg Surveillance

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 42:30 Transcription Available


Heidi Crebo-Rediker, CFR Senior Fellow, International Capital Strategies Partner & Former US State Department Chief Economist, says "there must be market pressure" in order for politicians to act on the debt ceiling. Robert Tipp, PGIM Fixed Income Chief Investment Strategist & Head of Global Bonds, says we can see a drop in yields and a widening of credit spreads if there is an "accidental default." Lisa Shalett, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer, says no company is immune from recession. Neil Dutta, Renaissance Macro Research Head of US Economic Research, says recession is not imminent. Helane Becker, Cowen Senior Research Analyst, says travel demand is exceeding supply. Get the Bloomberg Surveillance newsletter, delivered every weekday. Sign up now: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/surveillance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Janus Adams Show
David Lester & Marcus Rediker, PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY

The Janus Adams Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 54:14


DAVID LESTER, graphic novelist, and MARCUS REDIKER, historian, on the story behind their graphic non-fiction novel: PROPHET AGAINST SLAVERY. Based on Rediker's book, "THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist."

New Books Network
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in History
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in Caribbean Studies
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books in Caribbean Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

New Books in Early Modern History
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books in Early Modern History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in American Studies
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

New Books in British Studies
David Lester and Marcus Rediker, "Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2023)

New Books in British Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 67:47


Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2023) is a comic adaptation of Rediker's now classic 2004 Villains of all Nation: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, one of the foundational texts in serious pirate studies. David Leter's art offers a graphic exploration of action, resistance, and radicalism among eighteenth-century pirates. The book dramatizes mutiny, bloody battles, and social revolution, breaking new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture. Under the Banner of King Death engages the history of Atlantic slavery and the shipboard origins of democracy. Based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era, Lester and Rediker's characters engage in democratic decision-making and create a social security net with health and disability insurance and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. They previously collaborated with Paul Buhle on Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel (Beacon Press, 2021). Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

His2Go - Geschichte Podcast
His2Go#114 - Anne Bonny & Mary Read: Zwei Piratinnen werden zur Legende

His2Go - Geschichte Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 74:34


Im Oktober 1720 stellen die Besatzungen zweier britischer Handelsschiffe erschreckt fest, dass sie in tödlicher Gefahr sind. Ein schnelles, wendiges Piratenschiff hat sich ihnen genähert und als sie es bemerken, ist es bereits zu spät. Die Piraten entern unter Gebrüll und Schüssen – und die Crew ist geschockt: An Bord stürmen zwei Frauen mit wehenden langen Haaren und nackter Brust. Sie tragen Männerkleidung, sie fluchen und schießen wahllos auf die Besatzung. Diesen Anblick werden ihre Opfer nicht vergessen - und eine Legende ist geboren: die Geschichte von Anne Bonny und Mary Read, den wohl bekanntesten Piratinnen aller Zeiten…........Das Folgendbild zeigt eine zeitgenössische Gravur von Anne Bonny.........Zur Crowdfunding-Kampagne von Ralf Grabuschnig/ Déjà-vu Geschichte geht es hier!........WERBUNGDu willst dir die Rabatte unserer Werbepartner sichern? Hier geht's zu den Angeboten!........LITERATURSimon, Rebecca: Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Reed, 2022.Rediker, Marcus: Outlaws of the Atlantic. Sailors, Pirates and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail, Boston 2014.Rediker, Marcus: Villains of all Nations. Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, Boston 2004 [online über archive.org]Stock, Jennifer (Hrsg.): Pirates Through the Ages Reference Library, Detroit 2011.Pennel, C. R. (Hrsg.): Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader, New York 2001..........UNTERSTÜTZUNGIhr könnt uns dabei unterstützen, weiterhin jeden 10., 20. und 30. des Monats eine Folge zu veröffentlichen!Folgt und bewertet uns bei Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Podimo, Instagram, Twitter oder über eure Lieblings-Podcastplattformen. Über diesen Spendenlink oder unseren Fanartikel-Shop könnt ihr uns auch finanziell unterstützen!Wir freuen uns über euer Feedback, Input und Vorschläge zum Podcast, die ihr uns über das Kontaktformular auf der Website, Instagram und unsere Feedback E-Mail: kontakt@his2go.de schicken könnt. An dieser Stelle nochmals vielen Dank an jede einzelne Rückmeldung, die uns bisher erreicht hat und uns sehr motiviert..........COPYRIGHTMusic from https://filmmusic.io: “Sneaky Snitch” by Kevin MacLeod and "Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY !Neu! Jetzt hier His2Go unterstützen, Themen mitbestimmen und Quiz2Go mit Moderatorin Chiara erleben! https://plus.acast.com/s/his2go-geschichte-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quakers Today
Quakers and Fiction

Quakers Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 22:46


In this episode of Quakers Today we ask, “What is a fictional story that has inspired you or challenged your world view?”  Writer Anne E.G. Nydam reads an excerpt from her short story, “The Conduits.” You can read the entire story in the November 2022 Fiction edition of Friends Journal. Click here to hear Anne reading the whole story. Visit nydamprints.com to learn about Anne E.G. Nydam's block prints and books.  Cai Quirk, a trans and genderqueer photographer, focuses on the intersections of gender diversity and spirituality throughout history. Through the QuakerSpeak video, The Spirituality of Storytelling, they talk about the power of stories we can experience through words and images. In the September 2022 issue of Friends Journal you can see some of Cai's photos from their book Transcendence. The book is now available for pre-orders. You can hear an extended interview with them on a brand new podcast, The Seed. In the episode Cai considers the question, What can the natural world teach us about ourselves? The Seed is an excellent show hosted by Dwight Dunston. It is a project of Pendle Hill Study Center. We also look at a new graphic novel about a radical, eccentric prophet against slavery. Marcus Rediker told the story in his 2017 book, The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. And now there is the graphic novel, Prophet Against Slavery. It is authored by Rediker along with Paul Buhle. David Lester drew the dynamic and moving images. Read Gwen Gosney Erickson's review of the graphic novel in Friends Journal. You will also find an interview with David Lester, the illustrator of the graphic novel.  Click Here to read a transcript of this episode. After this episode concludes we share listener voicemails in answer to the question, What is a fictional story that has inspired you or challenged your world view? Question for next month: Today in the twenty-first century, what does redemption mean to you? We would love to hear and share what you have to say. Leave a voice memo with your name and the town where you live. The number to call is 317-QUAKERS, that's 317-782-5377 (+1 if calling from outside the United States or Canada). Please have your answers in by December 5, 2022.  Quakers Today is the companion podcast to Friends Journal and other Friends Publishing Corporation (FPC) content online.  Season One of Quakers Today is sponsored by Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS.)  Are you a young adult between 21 and 30 years old? Do you know a young adult who is looking for community and purpose-driven work? QVS is a year-long fellowship for young adults. Fellows work at nonprofits while building community and exploring Quakerism. Visit quakervoluntaryservice.org or find QVS on Instagram @quakervoluntaryservice.  Feel free to send comments, questions, and requests for our new show. Email us at podcast@friendsjournal.org.

Dollar & Sense
Post-G7 summit, a time of great uncertainty in the global economy

Dollar & Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 28:45


Douglas Rediker, founding partner of International Capital Strategies and a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, discusses a range of global economic challenges that G7 leaders tackled in their recent summit in Germany. These include a U.S. proposal to cap the price of Russian energy exports (and why Rediker is skeptical about it); Russia's default on sovereign debt and the risk of debt default in developing countries; the role of Chinese lending in developing economies; and the enormous cost of rebuilding Ukraine and who might bear it. Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3yRfG0a  Dollar & Sense is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu, and follow us on Twitter at @policypodcasts.  

The President's Inbox
Grading Biden's Foreign Policy for the Middle Class, With Heidi Crebo-Rediker

The President's Inbox

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 33:43


Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to assess the Biden administration's “worker-centric” foreign economic policies.   Articles Mentioned on the Podcast   Heidi Crebo-Rediker and Doug Rediker, “A Real Foreign Policy for the Middle Class,” Foreign Affairs (May/June 2022)

Dollar & Sense
What you should know about sanctions on Russia

Dollar & Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 27:22


Douglas Rediker, a nonresident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and in the Center on the United States and Europe, talks with David Dollar about sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine by the United States, Europe, and other nations. Rediker addresses a number of issues, including whether cutting Russian banks off SWIFT will make any difference, export control limitation of U.S. tech to Russia, the impact of sanctions on Russia's energy sector, and if it's possible to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3IC3hj1  Dollar & Sense is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu, and follow us on Twitter at @policypodcasts.

Nautical Nonsense
10. Episode 10: The Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read

Nautical Nonsense

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 12:19


Episode 10: The Story of Anne Bonny & Mary Read Anne had flaming red hair, and the stereotypical fiery temper to go with it. She was the illegitimate daughter of Irish lawyer, William Cormac. In those days, having a child out of wedlock was kind of a big deal. William Cormac's maidservant, Mary, gave birth to Anne in sixteen ninety seven. Shortly after her birth and, not surprisingly, William's wife found out about the child and his mistress. So William fled with Mary and baby Anne to America, in order to avoid the scandal. They settled in Charleston, where they fell into a tumultuous life with a Troublesome Anne. As Anne got older, her father wanted nothing more than a respectable marriage for his daughter, but Anne had a mind of her own. A respectable marriage was not on her list of things to do. SHOW NOTES: 1:50 The Birth of Mary Reed 3:33 Mary's Youth 4:20 James & Anne Bonny's Marriage 5:15 Calico Jack & Anne Bonny Meet 6:27  Who is Calico Jack Rackham? 7:45 Anne's Escape into a life of Piracy 8:30 Anne & Mary Meet 9:20 Their Collective Capture 10:00 Anne & Mary's Life After Piracy Connect with Sydney Zaruba: Nautical Nonsense on Instagram Sydney Zaruba on Instagram Nautical Nonsense & Sydney on Patreon *** Research for Nautical Nonsense is Conducted by Dr. Martin Bellamy Sources Appleby, John C.. Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime. United Kingdom, Boydell Press, 2013. Duncombe, Laura Sook. Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas. United States, Chicago Review Press, 2017. Druett, Joan. She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea. United Kingdom, Simon & Schuster, 2001. Jo Stanley, Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages. United Kingdom, Pandora, 1995. Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. United States, Beacon Press, 2011. Charles Johnson, A General History of the Pyrates, (London, 1724).  

New Books in Early Modern History
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in Early Modern History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Christian Studies
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in Christian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

New Books in American Studies
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

New Books in African American Studies
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

New Books in History
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in Biography
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

New Books Network
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:21


Who is the most fascinating historical figure that you have never heard of? David Lester and Marcus Rediker make a good case that it was Benjamin Lay. Based on Rediker's 2017 The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, Lester has created a moving, engaging, and eye-opening graphic novel. Lay embodied inter-sectional resistance centuries before the term was coined. In the 18th century he not only fought against slavery and condemned racism but supported women's rights, criticized class disparities, and promoted the human treatment of animals. Lay was a vegetarian who lived in a humble cave with his beloved wife. He condemned the hypocrisy of the slave owning church leadership. The diminutive Lay engaged in powerful acts of guerilla theater that included smashing expensive Chinese porcelain in the public square and splashing fake blood about a Quaker meeting house. Well-known after his death as a founder of the abolitionist movement, post-Civil War white supremacists marginalized Benjamin Lay. Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021) will revive the memory of this role model of speaking truth to power. David Lester is an author and graphic artist. His work includes but is not limited to 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada, Drawn To Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, and The Listener, a graphic novel. He is also the guitarist for the underground duo Mecca Normal. Marcus Rediker is a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburg and a Guest Curator at the J. M. W. Turner Gallery, Tate Britain. He is the author of numerous books on the history of piracy, the slave trade, and the Atlantic world such as The Many Headed Hydra, The Slave Ship: A Human History, Villains of all Nations, Outlaws of the Atlantic, The Amistad, and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf who became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018). When he's not reading or talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Alabama Care LLC
McCartney Hagar with Virginia Rediker, MSW/MPH, LICSW Social Work Administator and transition specialist Children's Rehabilitation Services, on self advocacy at home, in school and at work.

Alabama Care LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 52:52


McCartney Hagar with Virginia Rediker, MSW/MPH, LICSW Social Work Administator and transition specialist Children's Rehabilitation Services, on self advocacy at home, in school and at work. - Alabama Care is partially supported by ACDD.org. The views expressed are not necessarily the views of this organization.

Alabama Care LLC
Betsy Hopson, Children's of Alabama, and Virginia Rediker, MSW/MPH, LICSW social work administrator, transition specialist Children's Rehabilitation Services, on the STEP Program and transitioning to

Alabama Care LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 69:49


Betsy Hopson, Children's of Alabama, and Virginia Rediker, MSW/MPH, LICSW social work administrator, transition specialist Children's Rehabilitation Services, on the STEP Program and transitioning to adult healthcare. _ Alabama Care is partially supported by http://www.ACDD.org The views expressed are not necessarily the views of these organizations.

AFROFILES
The Amistad Rebellion

AFROFILES

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 31:50


In this week's episode, AFROFILES' Leslie Rose talks with Dr. Marcus Rediker about the history of the Amistad Rebellion, a mutiny staged by enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad in 1839. The vessel was ultimately taken into custody by the US Navy, and the 53 enslaved people were charged with piracy and murder. Their trial in New Haven, Connecticut became a lightning rod for US abolitionists, and the eventual repatriation of the defendants to Sierra Leone stands as a rare triumph in the story of resistance to the slave trade. Dr. Rediker has written extensively about the Amistad Rebellion and produced the documentary, Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels, available here: https://www.ghostsofamistad.com/ Our theme music is from RYYZN, audio clips from Charlie Haffner's “Amistad Kata Kata.” If you're interested in learning more about the Amistad Rebellion, sharing this story in the classroom, or seeing a replica of the infamous shop, check out the organization Discovering Amistad here: https://www.discoveringamistad.org/

Just a Couple Kids
Zeke Rediker

Just a Couple Kids

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 73:25


Although he's one of the youngest candidates in the race, Zeke Rediker has experience that matches someone with a long and storied career in the legal culture. Take a listen as to why that experience could make a big impact in the Court of Common Pleas.

Jogando Dados
Cutucando os Dados #3 - A frustração da campanha por um sindicato da Amazon

Jogando Dados

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 17:07


Como as notícias não param, resolvemos criar um novo tipo de programa, mais curto, para tratar dos principais fatos que possam interessar ao que discutimos normalmente. Neste terceiro episódio do “Cutucando os Dados”, trataremos da tentativa falhada de constituição de um sindicato de trabalhadores da Amazon. Manoel Dourado Bastos trata da votação ocorrida entre trabalhadoras e trabalhadores de um centro de distribuição da Amazon em Bessemer, no Alabama, que foram convocados no início de 2021 a decidir sobre sua sindicalização. Fontes citadas no episódio: LINDEN, Marcel van der. Trabalhadores do Mundo. Campinas: Editora da Unicamp, 2013. LINEBAUGH, Peter e REDIKER, Marcus. A hidra de muitas cabeças. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2008. SILVER, Beverly. Forças do trabalho. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2005. Curta nossa página no Facebook - http://fb.me/JogandoDadosPodcast Nos siga no Twitter - @jogandodadospod Nos siga no Instagram - @jogandodadospodcast Email para contato - jogandodadospod@gmail.com

East Side Freedom Library
Ghosts of Amistad with Marcus Rediker, 12/11/20

East Side Freedom Library

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 74:47


he East Side Freedom Library invites you to our December Labor History Film Screening: Ghosts of Amistad with an introductory conversation with historian Marcus Rediker. The uprising this past summer against institutional racism raised debate and action about historical monuments and historical memory. These debates and actions are far from over, and there remains much to learn not only from history, but from struggles over “history.” The play Hamilton ends with the haunting question, “Who will tell your story?” This documentary film chronicles the journey of historian Marcus Rediker as he retraces the path of the enslaved Africans who rebelled against their captors and seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, leading to a watershed US Supreme Court decision that sparked Abolitionist action leading to the Civil War. Based on Rediker's ground-breaking book The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, the film travels to present day Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) and the other captives who were held on the Amistad, interviewing elders about local memory of the case and searching for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The film uses the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover the lost history of the Amistad, told from a seldom-voiced perspective in the historical struggle against slavery. Marcus Rediker is the Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He has written and edited ten books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (2000, with Peter Linebaugh); two books about mutinies and pirates, Villains of All Nations (2004) and Outlaws of the Atlantic (2014); and two books about the transatlantic slave trade and resistance within it, The Slave Ship (2007) and The Amistad Rebellion (2012), which prompted this film project. His most recent book, The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist (2017), reconstructs the life story of one man as a way to interrogate political traditions and movements. Marcus' pathbreaking writings have won numerous awards and have been published in fourteen languages. Not only will he join us for a conversation about the making of Ghosts of Amistad, but on Tuesday evening, December 15, he will be joining ESFL's monthly Labor History Reading Group for a discussion of his essay, “The Poetics of History From Below.” View the video: https://youtu.be/KZsgAT28924

The Perils of a Racist America: A Podcast by Randolph College
Marcus Rediker's The Slave Ship: A Review by Tierra Johnson

The Perils of a Racist America: A Podcast by Randolph College

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 11:52


Tierra Johnson, a first-year student, examines Marcus Rediker's groundbreaking work, The Slave Ship. She highlights Rediker's thorough research of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

UnTextbooked
Damnation to the governor and confusion to the colony.

UnTextbooked

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 34:52


Pop culture misremembers the Golden Age of piracy, and usually portrays pirates as apolitical agents of chaos. But historians now believe that many pirates followed a democratic and egalitarian structure that put them directly at odds with the world’s biggest governments. In the 1700’s, life as a European sailor left a lot to be desired. Wages were low, conditions were dangerous, and captains could be cruel. A lot of sailors wanted out.Pirates, on the other hand, were recruiting disenchanted sailors from captured ships and escaped slaves, offering them better living conditions.Life under the Jolly Roger was still rough though, and as such, pirate codes of conduct emerged, like the one issued by Captain Bartholomew Roberts, which stated that each pirate should receive equal shares of loot, that gambling shouldn’t take place on the ship, that pirates should receive compensation for injuries sustained in battle, that arguments should be settled by duels, but only on land, and more (see page 231). “A merry life and a short one, shall be my motto,” said Captain Roberts. This sounds a lot like a more modern phrase: “I’m here for a good time, not a long time”, which wound up in music by Trooper, George Strait and Drake.Historian Marcus Rediker thinks it’s no surprise that these ideals still persist. Despite the eventual decline of piracy in the Atlantic, Rediker believes that pirates may have won the longer war of influence; most of us can name pirates, but few remember the names of those who hanged them. On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Ming-Wei Cyprien Fasquelle interviews Marcus Rediker on what the pirates of the Atlantic can teach us about resisting corrupt authority. Book: Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in The Golden AgeGuest: Marcus RedikerProducer: Ming-Wei Cyprien FasquelleMusic: Silas Bohen and Coleman HamiltonEditors: Bethany Denton and Jeff Emtman

ThinkCritical
ThinkCritical Interviews: Trade and Development during COVID-19 (ft. Douglas Rediker)

ThinkCritical

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 33:37


COVID-19, as a global crisis, has had an indelible effect on international trade and development. Many governments have scrambled to figure out a way to rectify the structural issues that have caused their economies to suffer. Join host Joshua Z. Miller and Brookings Institution's Douglas Rediker on a conversation about the international economic phenomenons of COVID-19. This episode is part of our Interview series. Find out more at https://thinkcritical.pinecast.co

Surviving Society
E090 Imogen Tyler: Stigma, the Machinery of Inequality

Surviving Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 58:57


A very excited Chantelle and Tissot speak with Imogen Tyler about her latest book, Stigma: the Machinery of Inequality Useful links- https://stigmamachine.com/author/drimogentyler https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/stigma/ http://www.morecambebaypovertytruthcommission.org.uk/ Reading: S. Lindqvist, Exterminate All The Brutes M.Rediker, T. Chakraborty M. van Rossum (eds), A Global History of Runaways, A Global History of Runaways: Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, P.Mendez, Rainbow Milk N.Machiavelli. The Prince M. Foucault Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison Listening: Tyler, the Creator - EARFQUAKE https://open.spotify.com/album/5zi7WsKlIiUXv09tbGLKsE?highlight=spotify:track:5hVghJ4KaYES3BFUATCYn0 Jarvis Cocker, Domestic Disco (Instagram only!) One tribe ft. Gem – What Have you Done? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0fAV8igT4 Pulp – A Different Class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD6kxn1zjI&list=PLWnwmKpuSlyc9-RfYO1zBM0d4bCzhPbsZ *Please note season 9 is recorded entirely via video call during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Hosts Chantelle and Tissot and executive producer George pride themselves on ensuring a comfortable and encouraging recording atmosphere but this is clearly difficult to suffice remotely. Bear with us on this*

Surviving Society
E090 Imogen Tyler: Stigma, the Machinery of Inequality

Surviving Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 58:57


A very excited Chantelle and Tissot speak with Imogen Tyler about her latest book, Stigma: the Machinery of Inequality Useful links- https://stigmamachine.com/author/drimogentyler https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/stigma/ http://www.morecambebaypovertytruthcommission.org.uk/ Reading: S. Lindqvist, Exterminate All The Brutes M.Rediker, T. Chakraborty M. van Rossum (eds), A Global History of Runaways, A Global History of Runaways: Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, P.Mendez, Rainbow Milk N.Machiavelli. The Prince M. Foucault Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison Listening: Tyler, the Creator - EARFQUAKE https://open.spotify.com/album/5zi7WsKlIiUXv09tbGLKsE?highlight=spotify:track:5hVghJ4KaYES3BFUATCYn0 Jarvis Cocker, Domestic Disco (Instagram only!) One tribe ft. Gem – What Have you Done? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0fAV8igT4 Pulp – A Different Class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD6kxn1zjI&list=PLWnwmKpuSlyc9-RfYO1zBM0d4bCzhPbsZ *Please note season 9 is recorded entirely via video call during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Hosts Chantelle and Tissot and executive producer George pride themselves on ensuring a comfortable and encouraging recording atmosphere but this is clearly difficult to suffice remotely. Bear with us on this*

Tim en Paul Geschiedenis Podcast
Laidback History: Kapers op de Kust

Tim en Paul Geschiedenis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 55:19


Duinkerkers, Piet Heijn en Johnny Depp. Tim&Paul laten de schipperbitter vloeien en hebben het vandaag over piraten! Of, naja, over kapers, boekaniers, corsairs en vrijbuiters. Stof jou houten been af en doe je ooglap op, want wij gaan de woelige baren op. Y'arr! Meer lezen: - Cordingly, D., Under the Black Flag. The Romance and Reality of Life among the Pirates (1995). - Little, Benerson, The Golden Age of Piracy. The Truth Behind Pirate Myths (New York 2016). - Rediker, M., Villains of all Nations. Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age (Boston 2004). - Sherry, F., Raiders and Rebels in the Golden Age of Piracy (New York 2008).

Bloomberg Surveillance
Surveillance: China Could Wait Out Trump, Crebo-Rediker Says

Bloomberg Surveillance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 28:20


Tobias Levkovich, Citi Investment Research Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, shares why he has been bullish on healthcare equipment services. Liz Krutoholow, Bloomberg Intelligence Healthcare Analyst, describes the horizon for Allergan's long term growth as "unimpressive." Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Council on Foreign Relations Adjunct Senior Fellow, thinks a trade war ceasefire is the best we can hope for from a Trump-Xi meeting at the G-20. And Golnar Montevalli, Bloomberg Reporter in Tehran, doubts personal sanctions against religious leaders will have a tangible impact on the economy.   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bloomberg Surveillance
Surveillance: China Could Wait Out Trump, Crebo-Rediker Says

Bloomberg Surveillance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 27:35


Tobias Levkovich, Citi Investment Research Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, shares why he has been bullish on healthcare equipment services. Liz Krutoholow, Bloomberg Intelligence Healthcare Analyst, describes the horizon for Allergan's long term growth as "unimpressive." Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Council on Foreign Relations Adjunct Senior Fellow, thinks a trade war ceasefire is the best we can hope for from a Trump-Xi meeting at the G-20. And Golnar Montevalli, Bloomberg Reporter in Tehran, doubts personal sanctions against religious leaders will have a tangible impact on the economy.  

Dollar & Sense
Anxiety about the global economy in Davos

Dollar & Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 29:12


In this episode, Senior Fellow David Dollar and Nonresident Senior Fellow Douglas A. Rediker discuss the global economic conditions that will be on the minds of leaders assembled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Rediker and Dollar cover the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, selection of the next World Bank president, the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, and generalized uncertainties about the global economy. Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on Apple Podcasts, send feedback email to BCP@Brookings.edu, and follow us and tweet us at @policypodcasts on Twitter. Dollar and Sense is a part of the Brookings Podcast Network.

PA BOOKS on PCN
“The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist” with Marcus Rediker

PA BOOKS on PCN

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2018 58:25


In The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his contemporaries, Lay was unflinching in his opposition to slavery, often performing colorful guerrilla theater to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He drew on his ideals to create a revolutionary way of life, one that embodied the proclamation “no justice, no peace.” Lay was born in 1682 in Essex, England. His philosophies, employments, and places of residence—spanning England, Barbados, Philadelphia, and the open seas—were markedly diverse over the course of his life. He worked as a shepherd, glove maker, sailor, and bookseller. His worldview was an astonishing combination of Quakerism, vegetarianism, animal rights, opposition to the death penalty, and abolitionism. While in Abington, Philadelphia, Lay lived in a cave-like dwelling surrounded by a library of two hundred books, and it was in this unconventional abode where he penned a fiery and controversial book against bondage, which Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. Always in motion and ever confrontational, Lay maintained throughout his life a steadfast opposition to slavery and a fierce determination to make his fellow Quakers denounce it, which they finally began to do toward the end of his life. With passion and historical rigor, Rediker situates Lay as a man who fervently embodied the ideals of democracy and equality as he practiced a unique concoction of radicalism nearly three hundred years ago. Rediker resurrects this forceful and prescient visionary, who speaks to us across the ages and whose innovative approach to activism is a gift, transforming how we consider the past and how we might imagine the future. Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. Description courtesy of Beacon Press.

Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast

Marcus Rediker is the author of Villains of All Nations.  It's a fascinating look at the golden age of piracy through the lens of pirates as freedom fighters.   Marcus has written extensively on pirates in this and many of his other books.  In this talk we dig into his reasons for doing so.  And we go deep into pirate lore to inspect their motivations what the general public thought about them. We even tackle some of the thornier issues like slavery and the more psychopathic characters that muddied the waters. Check out all of Marcus's books here. Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture.  Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more. Today's show is sponsored by: 30 Day Guitar Challenge - Learn 3 songs in 30 days with just 10 minutes of playing time per day!  Free to participate.  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/guitar TeePublic - This is a great company that works with independent tshirt artists to get their work out to the world and pay them fairly for it.  I've personally curated a selection of 100 really cool pirate tshirts that you'll love.  You'll get a super cool shirt AND support both the artist and Under The Crossbones!  Check out the selection at: http://www.underthecrossbones.com/shirt Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com For videos, pictures, album links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.   http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/123   Important Websites: Marcus Rediker - http://www.MarcusRediker.com   Find out more about my comedy, music, and tour dates at http://www.PhilJohnsonComedy.com Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/123         Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support    Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2 Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.   

The_C.O.W.S.
The C.O.W.S. w/ Marcus Rediker: THE SLAVE SHIP

The_C.O.W.S.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016


Marcus Rediker. visits The Context of White Supremacy. The Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Rediker is an award-winning author and historian with a research focus on the enslavement of black people. He's invested years of time in the campaign to abolish the death penalty. On a previous C.O.W.S. broadcast, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing referenced his 2007 publication, The Slave Ship: A Human History. The book offers a comprehensive study of the experience on a slave vessel. Rediker provides information on the construction of the ships, the formation of the ship's crew, and the theft of Africans. He consistently reminds readers that slave ships were equivalent to a moving prison and mandated that the stolen Africans be subjected to unending terrorism. Interestingly, Rediker writes that the slave ship crystalized the creation of the White race. Mr. Rediker was also a consultant on this summer's re-boot of Roots. We'll get his thoughts on why black bondage has become fodder for Hollywood scripts. #RacismIsNotAPrivilege INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE: 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

Inside Outer Beauty with Dixie Lincoln - Nichols
IOB 036: Successful Business & Self-Care - Tracey Rediker On Creating Custom Golf Clubs & A Happy Home

Inside Outer Beauty with Dixie Lincoln - Nichols

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016 38:29


In this episode, Tracey Rediker of Tracey knits shares how she took her kitting hobby and turned it into a flourishing business, where she creates custom golf club covers. She also shares her story of depression and how she integrates self-care into her daily life.

Esteri
Esteri di gio 23/10

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2014 28:30


1-Francia : partito socialista sull'orlo di una storica implosione. ( Francesco Beretta ) ..2-Messico: per i 43 studenti scomparsi ordinato l'arresto del sindaco di Iguala. ( Fabrizio Lorusso) ..3-A Pechino Mister Facebook parla in cinese. ..Ma il governo non intende rinunciare a Weibo...( Gabriele battaglia) ..4-Tunisia, alle urne senza entusiasmo. ( Debora del Pistoia Cospe ) ..5-America latina, domenica di elezioni. Oggi la presentazione delle elezioni in Uruguay. ..6-Le recensioni di Vincenzo Mantovani: La nave negriera, di Marcus Rediker.

Esteri
Esteri di gio 23/10

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2014 28:30


1-Francia : partito socialista sull'orlo di una storica implosione. ( Francesco Beretta ) ..2-Messico: per i 43 studenti scomparsi ordinato l'arresto del sindaco di Iguala. ( Fabrizio Lorusso) ..3-A Pechino Mister Facebook parla in cinese. ..Ma il governo non intende rinunciare a Weibo...( Gabriele battaglia) ..4-Tunisia, alle urne senza entusiasmo. ( Debora del Pistoia Cospe ) ..5-America latina, domenica di elezioni. Oggi la presentazione delle elezioni in Uruguay. ..6-Le recensioni di Vincenzo Mantovani: La nave negriera, di Marcus Rediker.

New Books in History
Marcus Rediker “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 47:41


If the moniker of the slave ship Amistad brings to mind images of Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Morgan Freeman you are likely not alone. The monumental success of Steven Spielberg’s cinematic depiction of this antebellum event swept the nation when it hit theaters in 1997. However, the event itself–the insurrection onboard the slaving vessel–made up only a small portion of the film and the tale Spielberg tells, which instead focuses on the courtroom drama. In fact, nearly all of the histories written about the Amistad focus solely on the triumphs of the American legal system, leaving the story of the true protagonists–the Africans–by the wayside. Marcus Rediker‘s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Viking, 2012) corrects this historical oversight by peeling back the layers of the often told “top down” history to tell the story of the rebellion from the perspective of the African captives, the story from below. Rediker artfully employs newly discovered evidence to piece together cultural backgrounds of the disparate group of African captives in order to tell the hitherto untold story of the African roots of the Amistad rebellion. His adroit ability as both author and historian make this retelling both engaging and deeply informative. Rediker illustrates how the Amistad Africans overcame innumerable obstacles by playing a leading role in their own legal victory, liberation and repatriation. The political, legal, and cultural implications of the Amistad rebellion, as Rediker reminds us, were vast. That fifty-three slaves had violently emancipated themselves was jarring enough to the antebellum slaveholders in the South, but lawful recognition of the rebels’ self-emancipation by the United States government was another matter entirely. This reality and its reverberations influenced the sectional crisis unfolding in the antebellum United States and altered the nature and discourse of abolitionism in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in African American Studies
Marcus Rediker “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012)

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 47:41


If the moniker of the slave ship Amistad brings to mind images of Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Morgan Freeman you are likely not alone. The monumental success of Steven Spielberg's cinematic depiction of this antebellum event swept the nation when it hit theaters in 1997. However, the event itself–the insurrection onboard the slaving vessel–made up only a small portion of the film and the tale Spielberg tells, which instead focuses on the courtroom drama. In fact, nearly all of the histories written about the Amistad focus solely on the triumphs of the American legal system, leaving the story of the true protagonists–the Africans–by the wayside. Marcus Rediker‘s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Viking, 2012) corrects this historical oversight by peeling back the layers of the often told “top down” history to tell the story of the rebellion from the perspective of the African captives, the story from below. Rediker artfully employs newly discovered evidence to piece together cultural backgrounds of the disparate group of African captives in order to tell the hitherto untold story of the African roots of the Amistad rebellion. His adroit ability as both author and historian make this retelling both engaging and deeply informative. Rediker illustrates how the Amistad Africans overcame innumerable obstacles by playing a leading role in their own legal victory, liberation and repatriation. The political, legal, and cultural implications of the Amistad rebellion, as Rediker reminds us, were vast. That fifty-three slaves had violently emancipated themselves was jarring enough to the antebellum slaveholders in the South, but lawful recognition of the rebels' self-emancipation by the United States government was another matter entirely. This reality and its reverberations influenced the sectional crisis unfolding in the antebellum United States and altered the nature and discourse of abolitionism in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

New Books Network
Marcus Rediker “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 47:41


If the moniker of the slave ship Amistad brings to mind images of Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Morgan Freeman you are likely not alone. The monumental success of Steven Spielberg’s cinematic depiction of this antebellum event swept the nation when it hit theaters in 1997. However, the event itself–the insurrection onboard the slaving vessel–made up only a small portion of the film and the tale Spielberg tells, which instead focuses on the courtroom drama. In fact, nearly all of the histories written about the Amistad focus solely on the triumphs of the American legal system, leaving the story of the true protagonists–the Africans–by the wayside. Marcus Rediker‘s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Viking, 2012) corrects this historical oversight by peeling back the layers of the often told “top down” history to tell the story of the rebellion from the perspective of the African captives, the story from below. Rediker artfully employs newly discovered evidence to piece together cultural backgrounds of the disparate group of African captives in order to tell the hitherto untold story of the African roots of the Amistad rebellion. His adroit ability as both author and historian make this retelling both engaging and deeply informative. Rediker illustrates how the Amistad Africans overcame innumerable obstacles by playing a leading role in their own legal victory, liberation and repatriation. The political, legal, and cultural implications of the Amistad rebellion, as Rediker reminds us, were vast. That fifty-three slaves had violently emancipated themselves was jarring enough to the antebellum slaveholders in the South, but lawful recognition of the rebels’ self-emancipation by the United States government was another matter entirely. This reality and its reverberations influenced the sectional crisis unfolding in the antebellum United States and altered the nature and discourse of abolitionism in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in American Studies
Marcus Rediker “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” (Viking, 2012)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 47:41


If the moniker of the slave ship Amistad brings to mind images of Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Morgan Freeman you are likely not alone. The monumental success of Steven Spielberg’s cinematic depiction of this antebellum event swept the nation when it hit theaters in 1997. However, the event itself–the insurrection onboard the slaving vessel–made up only a small portion of the film and the tale Spielberg tells, which instead focuses on the courtroom drama. In fact, nearly all of the histories written about the Amistad focus solely on the triumphs of the American legal system, leaving the story of the true protagonists–the Africans–by the wayside. Marcus Rediker‘s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Viking, 2012) corrects this historical oversight by peeling back the layers of the often told “top down” history to tell the story of the rebellion from the perspective of the African captives, the story from below. Rediker artfully employs newly discovered evidence to piece together cultural backgrounds of the disparate group of African captives in order to tell the hitherto untold story of the African roots of the Amistad rebellion. His adroit ability as both author and historian make this retelling both engaging and deeply informative. Rediker illustrates how the Amistad Africans overcame innumerable obstacles by playing a leading role in their own legal victory, liberation and repatriation. The political, legal, and cultural implications of the Amistad rebellion, as Rediker reminds us, were vast. That fifty-three slaves had violently emancipated themselves was jarring enough to the antebellum slaveholders in the South, but lawful recognition of the rebels’ self-emancipation by the United States government was another matter entirely. This reality and its reverberations influenced the sectional crisis unfolding in the antebellum United States and altered the nature and discourse of abolitionism in the Atlantic world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American History
Rethinking the Amistad Rebellion (2010 Kemble Lecture)

American History

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2010


Marcus Rediker offers a new interpretation of a famous rebellion by 53 enslaved Africans who rose up and captured their Spanish schooner, the “Amistad,” in 1839. In his lecture, Rediker puts special emphasis on the African and maritime dimensions of this major event in the worldwide struggle against slavery. Rediker is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.