| Author | Ray, William, 1771-1827.
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| Title | Horrors of slavery : or, the American tars in Tripoli ; containing an account of the loss and capture of the United States frigate Philadelphia ; treatment and sufferings of the prisoners ; description of the place ; manners, customs, &c. of the Tripolitans ; public transactions of the United States with that regency, including Gen. Eaton's expedition ; interspersed with interesting remarks, anecdotes, and poetry, on various subjects. Written during upwards of nineteen months' imprisonment and vassalage among the Turks / by William Ray.
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| Published | Troy : Printed by Oliver Lyon, for the author, 1808.
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| Description | 298 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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| General Note | Subsequently published under title: The American tars in Tripoli.
Errors in paging: 163, 293 numbered 168, 193 respectively.
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| Subjects | Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
Philadelphia (Frigate)
Slavery -- Africa, North.
Tripoli (Libya) -- Description and travel.
Tripoli (Libya) -- Social life and customs.
United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
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| Related Titles | American tars in Tripoli.
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| LC Card Number | 11-24839 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 335 R264
mq150738: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 87687] |
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