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> [The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror, which was indeed its defining feature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement-lay-in-its-making-real-for/)

Marcus Rediker

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## More by Marcus Rediker

> [“why he and his fellow freebooters fought Colonel William Rhett and the vessels sent by the government against them. Bayley probably brought a roar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/why-he-and-his-fellow-freebooters-fought-colonel-william-rhett-and/)

Marcus Rediker

> [“Job Bayley, facing death for piracy in a Charleston courtroom in 1718, was asked by the attorney general of South Carolina why he and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/job-bayley-facing-death-for-piracy-in-a-charleston-courtroom-in-1718/)

Marcus Rediker

> [The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement-lay-in-its-making-real-for/)

Marcus Rediker

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