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An authentic narrative of the loss of the American Brig Commerce wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August, 1815 by James Riley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Riley, James.
- Commerce (Brig).
- Ship captains--Biography.
- Ship captains.
- Slavery--Africa, North.
- Slavery.
- Africa, North--Description and travel.
- Africa, North.
- Sahara--Description and travel.
- Sahara.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p., [9] leaves of plates) : ports.
- Place of Publication:
- Hartford, Conn. : Andrus and Judd, 1833.
- Notes:
- Front. port. of James Riley signed: "Carman p't; Gimbrede sc."
- Relief cuts engr. by A. Anderson [i.e. Alexander Anderson?], and B. Tanner, after ill. signed: I.R. Smith; J.R. Smith.
- "With an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the African desart [sic], or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c., made during the travels of the author while a slave to the Arabs and in the empire of Morocco."
- "Preceded by a brief sketch of the author's life; and containing a description of the famous city Tombuctoo and of another larger city far south of it, on the same river, called Wassanah, narrated to the author at Mogadore by Sidi Hamet, the Arabian merchant."
- "Revised and his life continued, by the author, in January, 1828."
- Reproduction of the original from the The American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 423617173
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