Sufferings in Africa: The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved by North African Arabs (Irish History Classics)

by James Riley

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In 1815, a young American merchant marine captain, James Riley, was shipwrecked near Morocco. He and part of his crew made it ashore and were captured by nomadic Arabs and enslaved. For over a year they endured hardship until ransomed by an Englishman and returned to the US. Riley's story sold one
  • ISBN10 1585740802
  • ISBN13 9781585740802
  • Publish Date 1 May 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 26 June 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint The Lyons Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English