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Item Details
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HORRORS OF SLAVERY
OR, THE AMERICAN TARS IN TRIPOLI |
| By: |
William Ray |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£32.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813544130 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813544137 |
| Publisher: |
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 September, 2008 |
| Edition: |
Revised ed. |
| Series: |
Subterranean Lives Series |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Tells the tale of a sailor, captured during the United States' first military encounter with the Islamic world, the Tripolitan War. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in 1808, "Horrors of Slavery" is the tale of a sailor, captured during the United States' 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 witnessed - and chronicled - many of the key moments of the military engagement. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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