Resultaten voor 'marcus rediker'
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The Return of Benjamin Lay
In the silence of a Quaker meeting house, Benjamin Lay ¿-¿ shepherd, sailor, revolutionary, and the British Empire's first revolutionary abolitionist ¿-¿ returns from the grave almost 300 years after his death, as feisty and unpredictable as ever. The four-foot "David" confronts the "Goliath" of slavery as he demands once again to be readmitted into the Quaker community that disowned him for ideas considered dangerous and disruptive. How far will he go to share his prophetic vision knowing the cost of protest? Sweeping across the centuries and continents, THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY is a hallucinatory exploration of the life of a radical who became one of the earliest revolutionary abolitionists."A potent piece of political theatre." ¿-¿Michael Billington"A complex and fascinating play." ¿-¿Broadway World"A remarkable piece of storytelling." ¿-¿Plays to See"At the end, on the night I went, the audience rocketed up in a standing O punctuated by shouts and woo-hoos. I left the theater feeling moved to be, if only in some small way, like Benjamin Lay." ¿-¿Entertainment Central Pittsburgh
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The Black Schooner
A stunning graphic history of how enslaved Africans on board the Amistad rebelled and captured the slave ship in 1839, challenging a whitewashed version of history and putting the Africans back at the center of their own freedom storyFrom the trio of Rediker, Lester, and Buhle comes another graphic "history from below" about the Amistad rebellion of 1839 when 53 enslaved Africans on the slave ship Amistad slipped out of their restraints and overpowered their enslavers and ship’s crew. Sold into slavery in their homeland of Sierra Leone and later bound for Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, from Havana, these Africans, led by the charismatic warrior Cinqué, forced the ship’s remaining crew to sail homeward.Divided into 3 parts, The Black Schooner begins with the intense night of the uprising and takes readers on a reconstructed journey: from sailing on the open ocean to a New Haven, Connecticut, jail, where the captured Africans awaited trial for mutiny and murder; to the Supreme courtroom that found that the rebels had been illegally enslaved and would now be free to return to their native land. Through it all, artist David Lester chronicles their story using striking imagery, showing how they achieved an unexpected and powerful international victory for the abolitionist movement and forced some of the most powerful people in the world to confront the issue of human bondage.Based on Rediker’s book The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, The Black Schooner challenges a whitewashed history and instead, puts the Africans back at the center of their own freedom story—where they belong.
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The Return of Benjamin Lay
In your hearts you know the truth: I was here among you three hundred years ago . . . Had you chosen differently then - before slavery and greed breathed their venom so deeply into our souls - we would be living in another world now. It is not too late to purge these poisons.Benjamin Lay - shepherd, sailor, prophet, and the British Empire's first revolutionary abolitionist - returns from the grave almost three hundred years after his death, as feisty and unpredictable as ever.A four-feet-tall ''Little David'' confronts the ''Goliath'' of slavery once again as he pleads to be readmitted into the Quaker community that has disowned him and who still believe him to be dangerous.Now, ''trembling at the edge of playing God himself'', how far will Benjamin go as he stares down his accusers?The Return of Benjamin Lay sweeps across the centuries in a bold exploration of an utterly impossible man. The play opened at the Finborough Theatre, London, in June 2023.
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Under the Banner of King Death
Under the Banner of King Death is a tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, bringing to life an itinerant community of outsiders behind today’s legends. This graphic novel breaks new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture, giving us real reasons to love the rebellious and stouthearted marauders of the seas.At the pinnacle of the Golden Age of Atlantic piracy, three unlikely companions are sold into servitude on a merchant ship and thrust into a voyage of rebellion. They are John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark (a.k.a. Mary) Reed, an American woman who dresses as a man.When the crew turn to mutiny, they and the freed slaves establish democracy aboard The Night Rambler. This new dispensation provides radical social benefits, all based on the documented practices of real pirate ships of the era: democratic decision-making, a social security net, health and disability insurance, and an equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships. But before long the London elites enlist a war-hungry captain to take down The Night Rambler in a war that pitches high society against high-seas freebooters.Adapted from the scholarship and research of celebrated historian Marcus Rediker, Under the Banner of King Death is an inspiring story of the oppressed steering a course against adversity and injustice.
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Prophet against Slavery
Prophet against Slavery is an action-packed chronicle of a remarkable and radical individual. It is based on the award-winning biography by Marcus Rediker, which prompted the Quaker community that once disowned Lay to embrace him again after 280 years. Graphic novelist David Lester brings the full scope of Lay's activism and ideas to life.Born in 1682 to a humble Quaker family in Essex, England, Lay was a forceful and prescient visionary. Understanding the fundamental evil that slavery represented, he employed guerrilla theatre tactics and direct action to shame slave owners and traders. The prejudice Lay suffered as a dwarf and a hunchback, as well as his devout faith, informed his passion for human and animal liberation. Exhibiting stamina, fortitude, and integrity in the face of the cruelties practiced against his 'fellow creatures', he was frequently a solitary voice speaking truth to power.Lester's beautiful imagery and storytelling, accompanied by afterwords from Rediker and Paul Buhle, capture the radicalism, the humour, and the humanity of this uncannily modern figure. A testament to the impact each of us can make, Prophet against Slavery brings Lay’' prophetic vision to a new generation of young activists who today echo his call of 300 years ago: 'No justice, no peace!'
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The Fearless Benjamin Lay
The extraordinary story of one of the first British men to oppose slavery
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Under the Banner of King Death
"Explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--
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The Slave Ship
The slave ship was the instrument of history's greatest forced migration and a key to the origins and growth of global capitalism, yet much of its history remains unknown. Marcus Rediker uncovers the extraordinary human drama that played out on this world-changing vessel. Drawing on thirty years of maritime research, he demonstrates the truth of W.E.B DuBois's observation: the slave trade was the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history. The Slave Ship focuses on the so-called golden age of the slave trade, the period of 1700-1808, when more than six million people were transported out of Africa, most of them on British and American ships, across the Atlantic, to slave on New World plantations. Marcus Rediker tells poignant tales of life, death and terror as he captures the shipboard drama of brutal discipline and fierce resistance. He reconstructs the lives of individuals, such as John Newton, James Field Stanfield and Olaudah Equiano, and the collective experience of captains, sailors and slaves. Mindful of the haunting legacies of race, class and slavery, Marcus Rediker offers a vivid and unforgettable portrait of the ghost ship of our modern consciousness.
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Het slavenschip
Een verhaal over mensenE-bookDe menselijke drama’s aan boord van de slavenschepen tijdens de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel 'De hel van het leven op een slavenschip. [...] Aangrijpend.' •••• NRC Ruim drie eeuwen lang vervoerden slavenschepen miljoenen mensen van de Afrikaanse kust naar de Nieuwe Wereld. Maar wat weten we over de schepen die de slavenhandel mogelijk maakten? Gebaseerd op dertig jaar archiefonderzoek in maritieme archieven reconstrueert gerenommeerd historicus Marcus Rediker de menselijke drama’s die zich aan boord van deze schepen afspeelden. Van de jonge weggevoerde Afrikaan, ontvoerd en verkocht door een naburige stam, tot de jonge priester in spé die een baan als matroos accepteert en vol afschuw toeziet op de gruwelijkheden aan boord van deze drijvende gevangenis, omsingeld door haaien. En de kapitein, die vanuit zijn ruime kapiteinshut verschillende rollen vervulde: leidinggevende, cipier, accountant en ordehandhaver. Rediker brengt het leven van diegenen aan het licht die een rol speelden in een van de donkerste bladzijden uit de geschiedenis. Inclusief speciaal voorwoord van de auteur voor de Nederlandstalige editie Over Het slavenschip:'De indrukwekkende bestseller is eindelijk vertaald. […] Het slavenschip maakt grote indruk.' Trouw 'Hoewel er weinig ooggetuigenverslagen van het leven op een slavenschip bestaan, lukte het de Amerikaanse historicus Marcus Rediker toch om daar een aangrijpend beeld van te schetsen.' •••• NRC 'Rediker heeft een scherp oog voor sociale scheidslijnen, sekseverschillen en etnische spanningen, voor rangen, klassen en standen. [...] "Een verhaal over mensen", luidt de ondertitel. In die benadering schuilt de kwaliteit van het boek.' Nederlands Dagblad 'Het slavenschip was een instrument van ontmenselijking. Marcus Rediker schreef daartegenover een monument voor de menselijkheid van degenen die in de ruimen belandden. Zijn boek schetst op beklemmende wijze de wreedheid, terreur en hiërarchie waarvan elk aspect van de slavenhandel doortrokken was. Maar het toont ook de veerkracht, het verzet en de solidariteit van de slaafgemaakten en hun – soms onwaarschijnlijke – bondgenoten. Redikers Het slavenschip is verplicht leesmateriaal.' Pepijn Brandon, auteur van Slavernij in Oost en West 'Dit boek geldt als de intensiefste poging op basis van bronnen te achterhalen hoe het moet zijn geweest op de vaarten over de Atlantische Oceaan, voor de gevangen Afrikanen en ook voor de bemanningsleden. [...] Daarmee krijgt de geschiedenis van de trans-Atlantische mensenhandel, die vaak noodgedwongen in nogal algemene bewoordingen wordt geschetst, een emotionele lading.' de Volkskrant
€ 14,99