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The American tars in Tripolitan slavery containing an account of the loss and capture of the United States frigate Philadelphia ; treatment and sufferings of the prisoners ; description of the place ; manners, customs, &c., of the Tripolitans ; public transactions of the United States with that regency, including Gen. Eaton's expedition, interspersed with interesting remarks, anecdotes, and poetry, on various subjects. Written during upwards of nineteen months' imprisonment and vassalage among the Turks / by William Ray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, William, 1771-1827.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Frigate).
- Slavery--Africa, North.
- Slavery.
- United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p. )
- Other Title:
- American tars in Tripolitan slavery
- Horrors of slavery.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : William Abbatt, 1911.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: Horrors of slavery, or, the American tars in Tripoli. Troy : Printed by Oliver Lyon for the author, 1808.
- Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
- OCLC:
- 607384138
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