Washington (ship), 156, 215n6
Wasp (ship), 125, 130, 133
Webber, John, 108
Wedderburn, Robert, 117
West Africans: formation of new social connections, 143; resistance at sea (see African rebels; Amistad rebellion); spiritual beliefs, 139. See also Africans
Weymouth (ship), 66
Whicker, John, 52
Whidah (ship), 79
Wild Sage, 58
Wilkes, John, 97; “Wilkes and Liberty,” 97
Wilkinson, Moses, 104
Williams, George, 22
Willson, George, 74
Wilmington, North Carolina, 108
Wilson, Isaac, 127
Windward Coast, 139
Winstanley, True Digger Gerrard, 42, 102
Winterbottom, Thomas, 143
Woodcock, William, 53
“Wooden World Turned Upside Down, The” (Frykman), 27
working class: absence of belief in “dignity of labor,” 44–45; capitalism’s dependence on, 5–7; class struggle involving the mobility of bonded laborers, 50; criticism of the wealthy by Barlow, 38–39; growth of, due to shipping industry, 41; patronage of Bowery Theatre, 154; plight of poor, 31–32, 40; sailors’ self-identification with “the poor,” 43
world economy. See capitalism
writ of habeas corpus, 98–99
writs of assistance, 103
“yarn’s” origin, 13–14. See also the sailor’s yarn
Zong (ship), 118, 127
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Rediker, Marcus.
Outlaws of the Atlantic : sailors, pirates, and motley crews in the Age of Sail / Marcus Rediker.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8070-3309-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8070-3310-4 (ebook)
1. Merchant mariners—United States—History. 2. Merchant mariners—Great Britain—History. 3. Sailors—Atlantic Ocean Region—History. 4. Pirates—Atlantic Ocean Region—History. 5. Slave ships—History. 6. Merchant marine—United States—History. 7. Merchant marine—Great Britain—History. 8. Seafaring life—Atlantic Ocean—History. 9. Atlantic Ocean—Navigation—History. I. Title. II. Title: Sailors, pirates, and motley crews in the Age of Sail.
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