Niklas Frykman, discusses, “‘We have our own articles now’: A Maritime Declaration of Independence in the Revolutionary Atlantic”. Frykman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Rebellion”.

“We have our own articles now”: A Maritime Declarationof Independence in the Revolutionary Atlantic

This conference explores the shadowy realms of the Atlantic that connected four continents but also disrupted its various imperial structures. The participants will investigate important historical and historiographical questions about the nature of unlawful exchanges and the relationship between settler-colonists, pirates, and smugglers in the creation of “illicit Atlantic worlds” beyond state control.

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“We have our own articles now”: A Maritime Declarationof Independence in the Revolutionary Atlantic

“We have our own articles now”: A Maritime Declarationof Independence in the Revolutionary Atlantic