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Pirate utopias were described by [[anarchist]] writer [[Peter Lamborn Wilson]], who coined the term, in his 1995 book Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes as secret islands once used for supply purposes by [[pirate]]s. Wilson's concept is largely based on speculation and as he even admits a bit of fantasy.ref In Wilson's view, these pirate enclaves were early forms of autonomous proto-[[anarchism|anarchist]] societies in that they operated beyond the reach of [[government]]s and embraced unrestricted [[Freedom (political)|]].
== On the Barbary Coast ==
Located on the [[Barbary Coast]] ([[Salé]], [[Algiers]] and [[Tunis]]), those pirate bases were havens for [[Muslim]][[Barbary corsairs|Corsairs]] from the 16th to the 18th century. The pirates, dubbed "[[Barbary pirates]]", ravaged European shipping operations and enslaved many thousands of captives. However, thousands of Europeans also converted to Islam, forming the "Renegados" and joining the pirate [[religious war|holy war]]. Wilson writes that these men and women were not only [[Apostasy|apostates]] and [[Treason|traitors]], as they were considered in their homelands, but their voluntary betrayal of [[Christendom]] can also be thought of as a [[praxis (process)|]] of social resistance. Wilson focuses on the Pirate [[Republic of Salé]], in 17th century Morocco, which may have had its own lingua franca. Like some other pirate states, it even used to pass treaties from time to time with some European countries, agreeing not to attack their fleets. Wilson/Bey's idea of [[Temporary Autonomous Zone]]s developed from his historical review of pirate utopias. When describing them Wilson says "We've certainly had to use our imagination more than a "real" historian would allow, erecting a lot of suppositions on a shaky framework of generalizations, and adding a touch of fantasy (and what piratologist has ever been able to resist fantasy?). I can only say that I've satisfied my own curiosity at least to this extent: That something like a [[Renegado]] culture could have existed; that all the ingredients for it were present, and [[contiguous]], and ."
== Libertatia ==[[Libertatia]] (also known as Libertalia) was a possibly fictional anarchist colony founded in the late 17th century in [[Madagascar]] by [[pirate]]s under the leadership of Captain James Misson. Whether or not Libertatia actually existed is disputed. It is described in the book [[A General History of the Pyrates]] by [[...|Captain Charles Johnson]], an otherwise unknown individual who may have been a [[pseudonym]] of [[Daniel Defoe]].ref Much of the book is a mixture of fact and fiction, and it is possible the account of Libertatia is entirely fabricated.ref
According to Johnson's description, Libertatia lasted for about 25 years. The precise location is not known, however, most sources say it stretched from the [[Bay of Antongil]] to [[Mananjary, Fianarantsoa|]], including [[Île Sainte Marie]] and [[Mahavelona|Foulpointe]]. [[Thomas Tew]], Misson, and an Italian Dominican priest named Caraccioli were involved in founding it.
