Liberty's captives : narratives of confinement in the print culture of the early republic : the Jefferson City Editorial Project /
Williams, Daniel E.
Brown, Christina Riley.
Athens, Ga. ; London : University of Georgia Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.
A narrative of the capture and treatment of John Dodge, by the English at Detroit (1779) -- A surprising account, of the captivity and escape of Philip M'Donald, and Alexander M'Leod, of Virginia, from the Chickkemogga indians (1786) -- A very surprising narrative of a young woman, who was discovered in a rocky cave (1787) -- Narrative of the remarkable occurrences, in the life of John Blatchford of Cape-Ann (1788) -- A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mr. Ebenezer Fletcher, of Newipswich, who was-- taken prisoner by the British (1798) -- A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa : but a resident above sixty years in the United States of America (1798) -- History of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Maria Martin, who was six years a slave in Algiers (1806) -- The trial of Amos Broad and his wife-- for assaulting and beating Betty, a slave, and her little female child Sarah (1809) -- The narrative of John Thomson, one of the persons intended to be massacred (1812) -- Seventeen years' history, of the life and sufferings of James M'Lean, an impressed American citizen and seaman (1814) -- A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of John Turner-- among the Ladrones (1814) -- The life and adventures of Joshua Penny-- who was impressed into the British service (1815) -- An affecting account of the tragical death of Major Swan, and of the captivity of Mrs. Swan and infant child, by the savages (1815) -- A concise narrative of the barbarous treatment experienced by American prisoners in England and the West-Indies (1816) -- An affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Thomas Nicholson-- who was six years a prisoner among the Algerines (1816) -- A journal of the shipwreck and sufferings of Daniel Foss (1816) -- Narrative of the tragical death of Mr. Darius Barber, and his seven children, who were inhumanly butchered by the Indians (1818).
Captivity narratives
American prose literature
American prose literature