American slaves and African masters : Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 /
Sears, Christine E., 1969-
American slaves and African masters : Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 / by Christine E. Sears. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - 240 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Introduction : remembering the "horror of Mahometan vassalage" -- "This world is full of vicissitudes" -- "Far distant from our country, families friends and connections" : American slaves in Ottoman Algiers -- "Once a citizen of the United States of America, but at present the most miserable slave" : Americans and slave community -- "American livestock, now slaves in Algiers" : elite slaves in Ottoman Algiers -- "We set no great value upon money" : a slave economy -- "Sons of sorrow" : American slaves in the Western Sahara -- "Clear the country of all you Christian dogs" : the business of redemption -- Epilogue : a different kind of slavery.
9781137268662 (alk. paper)
2012028028
Slavery--History--Algeria--Algiers--18th century.
Slavery--History--Algeria--Algiers--19th century.
Slavery--History--Western Sahara--18th century.
Slavery--History--Western Sahara--19th century.
Slaves--History.--Algeria--Algiers
Slaves--History.--Western Sahara
Americans--History.--Algeria--Algiers
Americans--History.--Western Sahara
965 SEA
American slaves and African masters : Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 / by Christine E. Sears. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - 240 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Introduction : remembering the "horror of Mahometan vassalage" -- "This world is full of vicissitudes" -- "Far distant from our country, families friends and connections" : American slaves in Ottoman Algiers -- "Once a citizen of the United States of America, but at present the most miserable slave" : Americans and slave community -- "American livestock, now slaves in Algiers" : elite slaves in Ottoman Algiers -- "We set no great value upon money" : a slave economy -- "Sons of sorrow" : American slaves in the Western Sahara -- "Clear the country of all you Christian dogs" : the business of redemption -- Epilogue : a different kind of slavery.
9781137268662 (alk. paper)
2012028028
Slavery--History--Algeria--Algiers--18th century.
Slavery--History--Algeria--Algiers--19th century.
Slavery--History--Western Sahara--18th century.
Slavery--History--Western Sahara--19th century.
Slaves--History.--Algeria--Algiers
Slaves--History.--Western Sahara
Americans--History.--Algeria--Algiers
Americans--History.--Western Sahara
965 SEA