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White Gold : The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves
White Gold The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves
Author: Giles Milton
The true story of white European slaves in eighteenth century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco — In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-one of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors--Ali Hakem and his network of Islamic slave traders--had declared war on the whole of Christendo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374289355
ISBN-10: 0374289352
Publication Date: 6/8/2005
Pages: 336
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3.6 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 4
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Remarkable true story of white European slaves in the eighteenth century Algiers, Tusis, and Morocco told in inimitable style by one of our finest popular historians. A Cornish cabin boy and 51 of his comrades were captured at sea. He became a slave for 23 years before escaping.
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