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Piracy, Slavery, and Redemption: Barbary Captivity Narratives from Early Modern England

Edited by Daniel Vitkus, Introduction by Nabil Matar

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These narratives recount the harrowing experiences of Englishmen abducted by the Barbary pirates of North Africa. After being sold into slavery, the narrators succeeded in returning to their homeland where their stories were printed. Never before available in a modern, annotated edition, these tales describe combat at sea, extraordinary escapes, and religious conversion, but they also illustrate the power, prosperity, and piety of Muslims in the early modern Mediterranean. Each narrative is preceded by a brief introduction, and Nabil Matar's genera introduction provides important new information about the historical context of captivity and slavery in North Africa.

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Publisher | Columbia University Press
Published date | 17 Oct 2001
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 416
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-2311-1904-7
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / historical


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