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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.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 202 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Subterranean lives
Subterranean lives.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202).
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-
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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)
Ray, William, 1771-1827.
United States. Navy -- Personal narratives -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
Philadelphia (Frigate) -- Personal narratives -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
United States. Navy.
Slavery -- Africa, North.
Slavery.
North Africa.
Chronological Term 1801-1805
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Blum, Hester.
Added Title Horrors of slavery
American tars in Tripoli
Other Form: Print version: Ray, William, 1771-1827. Horrors of slavery, or, the American tars in Tripoli. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 9780813544120 0813544122 (DLC) 2008007763 (OCoLC)212893544
ISBN 9780813545677 (electronic book)
0813545676 (electronic book)
0813544122
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