White slaves, African masters an anthology of American Barbary captivity narratives Baepler, Paul Michel. text bibliography biography Captivity narratives. Pirate captivity narratives. Slave narratives. Biography. History. Sources. Captivity narratives. Pirate captivity narratives. Slave narratives. ilu 1999 monographic eng print xiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "Some of the most popular stories in nineteenth-century America were sensational tales of whites captured and enslaved in North Africa. White Slaves, African Masters for the first time gathers together a selection of these Barbary captivity narratives, which significantly influenced early American attitudes toward race, slavery, and nationalism. Though Barbary privateers began to seize North American colonists as early as 1625, Barbary captivity narratives did not begin to flourish until after the American Revolution. During these years, stories of Barbary captivity forced the U.S. government to pay humiliating tributes to African rulers, stimulated the drive to create the U.S. Navy, and brought on America's first post-revolutionary war. These tales also were used both to justify and to vilify slavery. The accounts collected here range from the 1798 tale of John Foss, who was ransomed by Thomas Jefferson's administration for tribute totaling a sixth of the annual federal budget, to the story of Ion Perdicaris, whose (probably staged) abduction in Tangier in 1904 prompted Theodore Roosevelt to send warships to Morocco and inspired the 1975 film The Wind and the Lion. Also included is the unusual story of Robert Adams, a light-skinned African American who was abducted by Arabs and used by them to hunt negro slaves; captured by black villagers who presumed he was white; then was sold back to a group of Arabs, from whom he was ransomed by a British diplomat"--Publisher. The glory of goodness / Cotton Mather -- A journal, of the captivity and sufferings of John Foss / John D. Foss -- The captives, eleven years in Algiers / James Leander Cathcart -- History of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Maria Martin / Maria Martin -- American captives in Tripoli / Jonathan Cowdery -- Horrors of slavery / William Ray -- The narrative of Robert Adams / Robert Adams -- An authentic narrative / Eliza Bradley -- In Raissuli's hands / Ion H. Perdicaris. edited and with an introduction by Paul Baepler. committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials CtW This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive Includes bibliographical references. fn----- n-us--- Weise Slaves Africa, North Biography Prisoners of war (Islamic law) Africa, North Biography Captivity narratives Africa, North Slavery Africa, North History Sources Americans Africa, North History 19th century Sources Pirates Africa, North History 19th century Sources American prose literature 19th century Amerikaner Autobiografie Biografie Gefangener Kriegsgefangener Quelle Seeräuberei Sklave Sklaverei Nordafrika Amerikaner Weisse Slaves Slavery Prisoners of war (Islamic law) Pirates Captivity narratives Americans American prose literature Africa, North Geschichte 1800-1900 swd Geschichte 1703-1904 swd 1800-1899 fast HT1345 .W47 1999 305.5/67/092261 B HR 1980 HT 1982 HT 2602 326.961 0226034038 9780226034034 0226034046 9780226034041 98040368 http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008604830&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=008604830&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008604830&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=008604830&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA DLC 980810 20180430075546.0 in00003965528 eng