| Author | Peskin, Lawrence A., 1966-
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| Title | Captives and countrymen : Barbary slavery and the American public, 1785-1816 / Lawrence A. Peskin.
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| Published | Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
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| Description | ix, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 978-0-8018-9139-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-8018-9139-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-250) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Captivity and communications -- The captives write home -- Publicity and secrecy -- Slavery at home and abroad -- Captive nation : Algiers and independence -- The navy and the call to arms -- Masculinity and servility in Tripoli -- Between colony and empire -- Beyond captivity : the wars of 1812 -- Conclusion: Captivity and globalization.
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| Subjects | Captivity narratives -- Africa, North.
Public opinion -- United States.
Slave trade -- Africa, North -- History.
Slavery -- Africa, North -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 2008-24725 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HT 1345 P474 2009
mq241681: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 144805] |
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