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An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August, 1815

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.
Author: Riley, James, 1777-1840.
Publication: Hartford, Conn. : S. Andrus, 1831.

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1 online resource (271 p., 8 leaves of plates) : ports.

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.

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Narrative
Captain Riley's narrative

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Front. port. of James Riley signed: Carman p't; Gimbrede sc.
Relief cuts engr. by A. Anderson [i.e., Alexander Anderson?] and B. Tanner, after ill. signed: I.R. Smith; J.R. Smith.
"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 Mogadore, 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.

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423618048
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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, 1831.

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.

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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Carman, J.

Smith, John Rowson, 1810-1864.

Gimbrede, Thomas, 1781-1832.

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848.

Caption Title

Narrative

Running Title

Captain Riley's narrative

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