- Description
- 1 online resource (271 p., [5] leaves of plates)
- Series Statement
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
- Uniform Title
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
- Alternative Title
- Narrative
- Captain Riley's narrative
- Subject
- Note
- "With an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the African desart [sic], or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c., made during the travels of the author while a slave to the Arabs and in the empire of Morocco."
- "Preceded by a brief sketch of the author's life; and containing a description of the famous city Tombuctoo and of another larger city far south of it on the same river, called Wassanah, narrated to the author at Mogadoro by Sidi Hamet, the Arabian merchant."
- "Revised and his life continued, by the author, in January 1828."
- Reproduction of the original from the The American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC
- Author
Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Title
An authentic narrative of the loss of the American Brig Commerce wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August 1815 [electronic resource] / by James Riley.
- Imprint
Hartford [Conn.] : S. Andrus and Son, 1848.
- Series
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
- Connect to:
- Caption Title
Narrative
- Running Title
Captain Riley's narrative