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Horrors of slavery, or, the American tars in Tripoli /

Barbary pirates in Africa targeted sailors for centuries, often taking slaves and demanding ransoms in exchange. First published in 1808, Horrors of Slavery is the tale of one such sailor, captured during the United Statess first military encounter with the Islamic world, the Tripolitan War. William...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, William, 1771-1827
Otros Autores: Blum, Hester
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Subterranean lives.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory remarks
  • Commencement of service
  • A sketch of biography
  • Suicide attempted
  • Embarkation-celebration of independence-exemplary punishment, & c
  • A voyage
  • Exercising ship
  • Remarks on Dr. Cowdery's journal
  • A petition
  • Commodore Preble's engagement with the Tripolitans
  • Elegy
  • Description of the place
  • Manners, customs, &c. of the Tripolitans
  • Public transactions of the United States with the regency of Tripoli; including General Eaton's expedition
  • Sketch of General Eaton's expedition
  • Return home.