White Slaves, African Masters

This article introduces narratives by American captives during and after the Barbary Wars (1801-1805, 1815). Set against a background of American imperial pursuits, the accounts reveal the hypocrisy and double-standards common among early Americans (who accepted black slavery in America but reacted...

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Main Author: Baepler, Paul Michel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2003
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Year: 2003, Volume: 588, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-104
Further subjects:B Barbary captivity
B Slavery
B eighteenth-and nineteenth-century America
B Narratives
B North African history
B Race
B Stereotypes
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