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American Slaves and African Masters

Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820

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  • © 2012

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  1. Christine E. Sears
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Remembering the “Horror of Mahometan Vassalage”

    1. Introduction: Remembering the “Horror of Mahometan Vassalage”

      • Christine E. Sears
      Pages 1-6

  3. “This World Is Full of Vicissitudes”

    1. “This World Is Full of Vicissitudes”

      • Christine E. Sears
      Pages 7-23

  5. Western Sahara

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. “Sons of Sorrow”

      • Christine E. Sears
      Pages 109-133

    3. “Clear the Country of All You Christian Dogs”

      • Christine E. Sears
      Pages 135-156

    4. Epilogue: A Different Kind of Slavery

      • Christine E. Sears
      Pages 157-161

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 163-240
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Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that differed so markedly from nineteenth century U.S. slavery that some contemporaries and modern scholars hesitate to categorize their experiences as 'slavery.' Sears uses a comparative approach, placing African enslavement of Americans and Europeans in the context of Mediterranean and Ottoman slaveries, while individually investigating the system of slavery in Algiers and Western Sahara. This work illuminates the commonalities and peculiarities of these slaveries, while contributing to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution.

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"Sears presents a highly readable history of the 140 American captives of corsairs in Algiers or from shipwrecks. Recommended." - CHOICE

About the author

Christine Sears is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.

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