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Barbarian cruelty : being a true history of the distressed condition of the Christian captives under the tyranny of Mully Ishmael, Emperor of Morocco, and King of Fez and Macqueness in Barbary : in which is likewise given a particular account of his late wars with the Algerines, the manner of his pirates taking the Christians and others, his breach of faith with Christian princes, a description of his castles and guards, and the places where he keeps his women, his slaves and Negroes : with a particular relation of the dangerous escape of the author and two English men more from thence, after a miserable slavery of ten years
Author
Brooks, Francis
Published
London : Printed by J. Salusbury ... and H. Newman ..., 1693.
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The history of the long captivity and adventures of Thomas Pellow, in South Barbary : giving an account of his being taken by two Sallee Rovers, and carried a slave to Mequinez, at eleven years of age : his various adventures in that country for the space of twenty-three years, escape, and return home : in which is introduced a particular account of the manners and customs of the Moors, the astonishing tyranny and cruelty of their Emperors, and a relation of all those great revolutions and bloody wars which happen'd in the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco, between the years 1720 and 1736, together with a description of the cities, towns, and publick buildings in those Kingdoms, miseries of the Christian slaves, and many other curious particulars
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Pellow, Thomas, b. 1704
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London : Printed for R. Goadby, and sold by W. Owen, [1739?]
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The adventures of (Mr. T.S.) : an English merchant taken prisoner by the Turks of Argiers, and carried into the inland countries of Africa : with a description of the kingdom of Argiers, of all the towns and places of note thereabouts ; whereunto is added a relation of the chief commodities of the countrey, and of the actions and manners of the people
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T. S., Mr
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London : Printed and are to be sold by Moses Pitt ..., 1670.
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Articles of peace and commerce between the most serene and mighty prince James II, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the Christian faith, &c., and the most illustrious lords, the Douletli Basha, Aga, & governours of the famous city and kingdom of Algiers in Barbary : ratified and confirmed by Sir William Soame, Baronet, His Majesties ambassador to the grand signior, on the fifth day of April, old style, 1686
Author
Algeria
Published
[London] : Printed by Thomas Newcomb in the Savoy, 1687.
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A true and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mahommetans : in which is a particular relation of their pilgrimage to Mecca, the place of Mahommet's birth, and a description of Medina, and of his tomb there : as likewise of Algier and the country adjacent : and of Alexandria, Grand-Cairo, &c. : with an account of the author's being taken captive, the Turks cruelty to him, and of his escape : in which are many things never publish'd by any historian before
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Pitts, Joseph, 1662 or 3-ca. 1735
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Exon : Printed by S. Farley for Philip Bishop and Edward Score ..., 1704.
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A narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Litchfield : Captain Barton, on the coast of Africa : with an account of the sufferings of the captain, and the surviving part of his crew, in their slavery under the Emperor of Morocco, to which are added some remarkable particulars of the character and conduct of that Emperor, and a description of the city of Morocco : in a journal
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Sutherland, James, Lieutenant
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London : Printed for the author, and sold by Thomas Davies, 1761.
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