Captain Riley S Narrative
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Sufferings In Africa
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Release Date : 2007-04
Sufferings In Africa written by James Riley and has been published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04 with History categories.
Listed by Abraham Lincoln, alongside the Bible and Pilgrim's Progress, as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one. Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of 1815, James Riley and his crew had no idea of the trials awaiting them as they gathered their beached belongings. They would be captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, herded across the Sahara Desert, beaten, forced to witness astounding brutalities, sold into slavery, and starved. Riley watched most of his crew die one by one, killed off by cruelty or caprice, as his own weight dropped from 240 pounds to a mere 90 at his rescue. First published in 1817, this dramatic saga soon became a national bestseller with over a million copies sold. Even today, it is rare to find a narrative that illuminates the degradations of slave existence with such brutal honesty.
Sufferings In Africa Captain Riley S Narrative
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Sufferings In Africa Captain Riley S Narrative written by James Riley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Africa, North categories.
Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in 1815, New England sea-captain James Riley and members of his crew were robbed of every possession and made slaves to a band of nomadic Arabs. Forced into servitude in the nearly unbearable heat of the Sahara, Riley survived weeks naked in the desert (his skin roasting in the sun and his legs and backside worn bloody from riding camels bareback), countless confrontations with various sheiks and bandits determined to profit either by his death or his ransom, on meager rations of water and often eating only the scrap's from his master's table (often only a little camel's milk or the roasted entrails of a sheep or goat).
The Story Of Captain Riley And His Adventures In Africa
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Author : Samuel Goodrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-02-08
The Story Of Captain Riley And His Adventures In Africa written by Samuel Goodrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-08 with categories.
In this book originally published in 1834, a professional writer retells the story of James Riley (1777 - 1840 ) who was the Captain of the United States merchant ship Commerce. Riley led his crew through the Sahara Desert, after they were shipwrecked off the coast of Moroccan Western Sahara in August 1815, and wrote a memoir about their ordeal. This true story describes how they came to be shipwrecked and their travails in the Sahara Desert. The book, published in 1817 and originally titled Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig 'Commerce' by the "Late Master and Supercargo" James Riley, is modernly republished as Sufferings in Africa.The book struck the nineteenth century reader because it was a startling switch on the then-usual master-slave relationship, which was white owners and black slaves.Lost in this unknown world, Captain Riley felt responsible for his crew and their safety. He told of the events leading to their capture by marauding Sahrawi natives who kept them as slaves. Horribly mistreated, they were beaten, sun-burnt, starved, and forced to drink their own and camel urine. A slave would be worked until close to death and then either traded or killed.Once back on shore, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work but eventually returned to a life at sea, where he died of sickness in his sixties. The lives of his crew were foreshortened, no doubt, from complications caused by their hardships in the African desert. The last surviving crewman was the cabin boy, who lived to be 82.In 1851, G. Brewster published the Sequel to Riley's Narrative: Being a Sketch of Interesting Incidents in the Life, Voyages and Travels of Capt. James Riley, from the Period of His Return to His Native Land, After His Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings Among the Arabs of the Desert, as Related in His Narrative, Until His Death.Captain James Riley's story has served as the basis for several relatively recent published books: "Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival" byDean King, published in 2004; and "Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara" published in 2007.This book published in 1834 has been reformatted.
An Authentic Narrative Of The Loss Of The American Brig Commerce
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher: Blurb
Release Date : 2017-01-12
An Authentic Narrative Of The Loss Of The American Brig Commerce written by James Riley and has been published by Blurb this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with History categories.
By Captain James Riley. The incredible true story of an American ship's crew taken into slavery by the Muslim slave traders of North Western Africa after being wrecked on that continent's west coast, has riveted, fascinated, and horrified readers since its first publication two hundred years ago. Captain Riley's ship, the Commerce, was sailing from Gibraltar to the Cape Verde Islands when it was lost in fog and wrecked on the west Moroccan coast. There, they were seized by passing Berbers, who, after taking their food and pouring out their drinking water, carried the white men off deep into the Sahara desert. The book tells in shocking detail the events before and after their capture by marauding Sahrawi natives, and their mistreatment, which included beatings, heat exposure, and starvation. Eventually, the abused, underfed, and overworked captives were on the point of death when their masters sold them to yet another Arab slave trader. He had however only purchased the white men upon Riley's promise of cash ransom and a gun. Captain Riley's detailed and horrifying descriptions of his experiences at the hands of the slave trading Muslims of North Africa, typified the treatment suffered by more than a million Europeans who were captured by the Barbary pirates. This valuable account bears witness to a part of history that is now largely suppressed or ignored. This account of slavery, torture, and death was so influential that Abraham Lincoln included it in his 1860 campaign biography as the work that had shaped his views on slavery.
Riley S Narrative
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01-01
Riley S Narrative written by James Riley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with categories.
Captain Riley
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Author : Fernando Gamboa
language : en
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Release Date : 2016
Captain Riley written by Fernando Gamboa and has been published by AmazonCrossing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Ship captains categories.
It's 1941, and Captain Alexander M. Riley and his crew of deep-sea treasure hunters believe they're setting off on yet another adventure--to find a mysterious artifact off the coast of Morocco for an enigmatic millionaire with questionable motives. Part-time smugglers, world travelers, and expats who have fought causes both valiant and doomed, Riley and his crew soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a deal much more dangerous than the one they bargained for. From Spain to Morocco to an Atlantic crossing that leads to Washington, DC, Captain Riley must sail his ship, the Pingarrón, straight through the eye of a ruthless squall and into a conspiracy that goes by the name Operation Apokalypse--a storm that only he and his crew can navigate. --Page 4 of cover.
Riley S Narrative
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
Riley S Narrative written by James Riley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with Shipwrecks categories.
Sufferings In Africa
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Release Date : 2007
Sufferings In Africa written by James Riley and has been published by Globe Pequot this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Travel categories.
Previously published: New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1965. First published in 1817 under title: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce.
An Authentic Narrative Of The Loss Of The American Brig Commerce Wrecked On The Western Coast Of Africa In The Month Of August 1815 With An Accoun
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Author : James Riley
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-26
An Authentic Narrative Of The Loss Of The American Brig Commerce Wrecked On The Western Coast Of Africa In The Month Of August 1815 With An Accoun written by James Riley and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-26 with History categories.
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Sequel To Riley S Narrative
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Author : William Willshire Riley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Sequel To Riley S Narrative written by William Willshire Riley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Publishers and publishing categories.