'When I began thinking about outlaws and outlaw history I realized that if outlaw just means one who breaks the law, then I could write about the lives of nearly every citizen. So I define outlaw as one who not only breaks the law, but who survives by breaking the law or essentially lives outside of it. And the more I delve into Canada’s past, the more outlaws I discover, and many of them are worthy of our attention. As an introduction to Canadian outlaw history, here is the story of a group of Newfoundland rebels who survived without masters for half a century.
The story of the Society of Masterless Men, which included women and children, began in the 18th-century settlement of Ferryland, in Newfoundland...'
Thoughts?
[editor: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/seaweed-the-society-of-masterles... ]
Canada's finest
https://archive.org/details/GreenAnarchy24/page/n65/mode/2up
Sakolsky stresses that the tale of the Masterless Men, “though it may not be based entirely on provable historical fact, reminds us that the poetic truths associated with myths of revolt can act as an antidote to despair even in times characterized by great pessimism.” https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/401-summer-2018/becoming-masterless/
So, Peter Kerrivan is the Canada version of the Robin Hood type character.
Audio of seaweeds essay.
https://immediatism.com/2020/02/29/e51-the-society-of-masterless-men-by-...
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