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CANCELLED Freedom Ship: a conversation with Marcus Rediker
22 April 2026, 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
The SPRC warmly welcomes Marcus Rediker who will be discussing his latest book.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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The UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation
Location
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Garwood Lecture Theatre 9South WingGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
Freedom Ship is a gripping history of the enslaved African Americans who stowed away on vessels that carried them to liberty. Up to 100,000 fugitives successfully fled the horrors of bondage in the American South. Many moved northwards through a network of secret routes and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Thousands of others, most of them completely unknown, escaped by sea. Their dramatic accounts of whispered conspiracy and billowing sails make Freedom Ship essential and enthralling reading.
About the Speaker
Marcus Rediker
Historian | Writer | Teacher | Activist
Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. Among his books are The Many-Headed Hydra (2000, with Peter Linebaugh); The Slave Ship (2007); The Fearless Benjamin Lay (2017); and Freedom Ship (2025). His writings have won numerous awards and been published in twenty languages worldwide. He wrote the stage play, The Return of Benjamin Lay, with Naomi Wallace. He has produced two documentary films with Tony Buba: Ghosts of Amistad in 2014 and now Becoming Benjamin Lay.
More about Marcus Rediker