The politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America, 1660-1730 / Douglas R. Burgess Jr.
2014
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
The politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America, 1660-1730 / Douglas R. Burgess Jr.
Imprint
Lebanon New Hampshire : University Press of New England, [2014]
Copyright
©2014.
Description
1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: the sorrowful tale of Robert Snead
Part I. Beginnings
London fog: a brief, confusing history of English piracy law
The phantom fleet of Porto Principe: privateering and admiralty, 1660-1688
"A spot upon our garment": the Red Sea fever in colonial New York, 1691-1698
Part II. An empire in crisis
Voyage of the Fancy, 1696
The successful pyrate: a tale of two trials
The ballad of Henry Every: criminality and print culture in the public sphere
Part III. Pirate nests
"Ignorance of their duty": a New Jersey warning, 1697
A society of friends: piracy and Quakerism in Pennsylvania
"A bloody crew of privateers": resistance and right in Rhode Island
Part IV. Rope's end
The bonds of slavery: law, letters, and the Resumption Bill of 1701-2
From community to periphery: trial and execution in the American colonies, 1705-1730
Conclusion: forgotten revolutions.
Part I. Beginnings
London fog: a brief, confusing history of English piracy law
The phantom fleet of Porto Principe: privateering and admiralty, 1660-1688
"A spot upon our garment": the Red Sea fever in colonial New York, 1691-1698
Part II. An empire in crisis
Voyage of the Fancy, 1696
The successful pyrate: a tale of two trials
The ballad of Henry Every: criminality and print culture in the public sphere
Part III. Pirate nests
"Ignorance of their duty": a New Jersey warning, 1697
A society of friends: piracy and Quakerism in Pennsylvania
"A bloody crew of privateers": resistance and right in Rhode Island
Part IV. Rope's end
The bonds of slavery: law, letters, and the Resumption Bill of 1701-2
From community to periphery: trial and execution in the American colonies, 1705-1730
Conclusion: forgotten revolutions.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Burgess, Douglas R. Politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America, 1660-1730. Lebanon New Hampshire : University Press of New England, [2014]
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Language
English
ISBN
9781611686982 e-book
9781611685275 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
9781611685275 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
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