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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Subterranean lives.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 Ray, along with three hundred crewmates, spent nineteen months in captivity after his ship, the Philadelphia, ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli. Imprisoned, Ray witnessedand chronicledmany of the key moments of the military engagement. In addition to offering a compelling history of a little- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 202 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202). |
| ISBN: | 9780813545677 0813545676 1281801763 9781281801760 9786611801762 6611801766 |