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.
- ISBN10 0813545676
- ISBN13 9780813545677
- Publish Date 11 September 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rutgers University Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 240
- Language English