The document discusses how sailor, slave, and labor revolts helped set the stage for the American Revolution according to authors Linebaugh and Rediker. The authors cite historical facts showing how a "Motley Crew" of multiethnic and multiracial groups with a common goal not only inspired the American Revolution but spread revolutionary ideas across the Atlantic, influencing revolts in England, France, Africa, and the Caribbean. These vectors of revolution created political shifts in slave societies and paved the way for the Haitian Revolution. The authors also discuss how the revolts helped spur the abolitionist movement in England.