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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ray, William, 1771-1827
Other Authors: Blum, Hester
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Series:Subterranean lives.
Subjects:
Ray, William, > 1771-1827.
Ray, William, > 1771-1827
United States. > Navy > History > Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 > Personal narratives.
Philadelphia (Frigate)
United States. > Navy
1801-1805
Slavery > Africa, North.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > General.
Slavery
North Africa
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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