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Author Ray, William, 1771-1827.

Title Horrors of slavery, or, the American tars in Tripoli / William Ray ; edited and with an introduction by Hester Blum
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 202 pages)
Series Subterranean lives
Subterranean lives.
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
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-
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202)
Notes English
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Subject Ray, William, 1771-1827.
Ray, William, 1771-1827
United States. Navy -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 -- Personal narratives
Philadelphia (Frigate)
Philadelphia (Frigate)
United States. Navy
Slavery -- Africa, North
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Slavery
North Africa
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Blum, Hester.
ISBN 9780813545677
0813545676
1281801763
9781281801760
9786611801762
6611801766
Other Titles Horrors of slavery
American tars in Tripoli