White women captives in North Africa
Subtitle: narrative of enslavement, 1735-1830
By: Khalid Bekkaoui
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780230221987
Subjects: History; Captivity narratives; Women slaves; Biography; Europeans
Description: "A fascinating anthology of historical narratives composed from the late sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries by European women abducted by Muslim corsairs and enslaved in North Africa during the age of piracy. Many of the narratives are very rare and are by women coming from diverse social and economic backgrounds"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Bibliography; title: Note on Editorial Method; title: NARRATIVES; title: Remarkable History of the Countess Du Bourks Shipwreck, and Her Daughters Captivity, 1735; title: Notable History of a Spanish Girl, Slave to Ali Dey, 1735; title: Maria van Ter MEETELEN. The Exact Narrative of the Voyage and Strange and Sad Captivity during Twelve Years of Myself Maria Ter Meetelen, 1748; title: Elizabeth MARSH. The Female Captive, 1769; title: Mary VELNET. An Affecting History of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Velnet, 1806; title: Maria MARTIN. History of the Captivity and Sufferings of Maria Martin, 1807; title: Eliza BRADLEY. An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley,1820; title: Viletta LARANDA. Neapolitan Captive: Interesting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Miss Viletta Laranda, 1830; title: APPENDICES; title: Accusations and confessions of Ana de Melo, a free Christianized Muslim, residing in Evora, incarcerated for heresy, 1559; title: Dorothe, a Spanish Girl, Captive in Algiers, in 1580; title: Testimony of the Woman from Canary Islands, 1610; title: Relation of the Fidelity of a Husband, and the Unfaithfulness of his Wife, 1666; title: The Spanish Girl Who Scratched her Face, 1698; title: Old Arabic ballad on corsair forays on Malta and capture of fair Christian girls.; title: Extracts from Penelope Aubins, Noble Slaves, 1722; title: The Bey Weds a Genoise Slave, 1720s; title: The Irish Mrs. Jones and the lascivious Janissary, 1747; title: Old Womans Tale, 1759; title: An Empress of Morocco Born at Mill of Steps, Parish of Muthill, 1769; title: Letter from a Muslim Female Captive in Malta to Sultan of Morocco, 1788; title: A Particular Account of the Royal Harem, 1791; title: Ali and the Christian Captive, 1891.