Marcus Rediker (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh), The Slave Ship, and The Amistad Rebellion. He produced the award-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad (Tony Buba, director), about the popular memory of the Amistad rebellion of 1839 in contemporary Sierra Leone.
Books by Marcus Rediker
Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel
Beacon Press, 2021
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
Beacon Press, 2017
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey Of Slavery And Freedom
Viking Penguin, 2012
The Slave Ship: A Human History
Penguin Group, 2007