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1 online resource (291 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pirates -- United States -- History.
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Pirates. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Piracy -- United States -- History.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Piracy. |
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Administration. |
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America. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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British colonies. |
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Colonies -- Administration. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1775 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burgess, Douglas R. Politics of piracy. 9781611685275 1611685273 (DLC) 2014009211 |
| ISBN |
1611686989 (electronic book) |
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9781611686982 (electronic book) |
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9781611685275 (hardcover) |
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1611685273 (hardcover) |
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