They were not members of the political and economic elite rather, they were ship captains, military veterans, and enslaved soldiers. But Rogue Revolutionaries recovers the interconnected stories of now-forgotten "foreigners of desperate fortune" who dreamt of overthrowing colonial monarchy and creating their own countries. When we think of the Age of Revolutions, George Washington, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, or Simón Bolívar might come to mind. The leaders of the expedition had never set foot in Puerto Rico. In addition to rifles and pistols, the Mary transported a box filled with proclamations announcing the creation of the "Republic of Boricua." This imagined republic rested on one principle: equal rights for all, regardless of birthplace, race, or religion. Unlike most crews, those aboard the Mary were in a different line of commerce: they exported revolution. Like most vessels that navigated the Caribbean, the Mary brought together men who had served under a dozen different flags over the years. In 1822, the Mary departed Philadelphia and sailed in the direction of the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico.
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