--- title: "3 Marcus Rediker Quotes - Famous Social historian" description: "Marcus Buford Rediker is an American historian, writer, professor, and social activist. Browse 3 Marcus Rediker quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-rediker-63313.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Marcus Rediker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-rediker-63313.jpg) # Marcus Rediker (1951) Social Historian United States **3** quotes in **21** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Marcus Rediker is a social historian from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Marcus Rediker Born October 14, 1951 Nationality United States Profession Social Historian Notable works The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic ## About Marcus Rediker Marcus Buford Rediker is an American historian, writer, professor, and social activist. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976 and attended the University of Pennsylvania for graduate study, earning a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in history. He taught at Georgetown University from 1982 to 1994 and is currently a Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History of the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh. ## Awards & Honors Guggenheim Fellowship George Washington Book Prize James A. Rawley Prize Merle Curti Award ## Quotes 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/why-he-and-his-fellow-freebooters-fought-colonel-william-rhett-and/) [Marcus Rediker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-rediker/) [Thought Pirate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-pirate-1424578/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/marcus-rediker-82332_thought-pirate_why-he-and-his-fellow-freebooters-fought_323071.jpg) > [“Job Bayley, facing death for piracy in a Charleston courtroom in 1718, was asked by the attorney general of South Carolina why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/job-bayley-facing-death-for-piracy-in-a-charleston-courtroom-in-1718/) [Marcus Rediker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-rediker/) [Attorney general](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attorney-general/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/marcus-rediker-82332_attorney-general_job-bayley-facing-death-for-piracy-in-a_671006.png) > [The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-rediker/the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement-lay-in-its-making-real-for/) [Marcus Rediker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-rediker/) [Abolitionist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolitionist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/marcus-rediker-82332_abolitionist_the-success-of-the-abolitionist-movement_1596760.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-rediker/#itemlist", "name": "Marcus Rediker Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“why he and his fellow freebooters fought Colonel William Rhett and the vessels sent by the government against them. 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