White Slaves, African Masters – An Anthology of American Barbary Captivity Narratives

IntroductionCotton Mather: The Glory of GoodnessJohn D. Foss: A Journal, of the Captivity and Sufferings of John FossJames Leander Cathcart: The Captives, Eleven Years in AlgiersMaria Martin: History of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Maria MartinJonathan Cowdery: American Captives in TripoliWilliam Ray: Horrors of SlaveryRobert Adams: The Narrative of Robert AdamsEliza Bradley: An Authentic NarrativeIon H. Perdicaris: In Raissuli's HandsAppendix: Publishing History of the American Barbary Captive Narrative

Summary

A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Baepler
• Assisted by: Paul Baepler (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1999
• EAN: 9780226034041
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03404-1
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 155 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 516 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Literarische Essays, 1500 bis heute, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte