Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs and European Renegadoes
Peter Lamborn Wilson — Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs and European Renegadoes (1995)Peter Lamborn Wilson · 1995 · Book · ch. IDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0393 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Republic of Salé (Bou Regreg corsair republic) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Salé was a proto-anarchist 'pirate utopia' offering freedom to renegades.”
Context. Wilson calls Salé, governed by a divan, a true 'pirate utopia'. His essay is not scholarship; Maziane describes an exile community ruled by an elected caïd and divan whose economy rested on corsairing and the 'lucrative trade in human merchandise'.
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Salé et ses corsaires (1666–1727): un port de course marocain au XVIIe siècle
Salé au XVIIe siècle, terre d'asile morisque sur le littoral Atlantique marocain
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