(This post is a continuation of Father Pierre Dan on the History of Algiers – Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
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Month: December 2019
FATHER PIERRE DAN ON BRINGING CAPTIVES HOME
If you were captured by Barbary corsairs, and you came from a Catholic country—and you weren’t rich—your best chance for[…]
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FATHER PIERRE DAN ON RENEGADES
This week continues the series of excerpts from Father Pierre Dan, the Trinitarian friar. This week’s post is on renegades—Christians[…]
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FATHER PIERRE DAN ON THE SELLING OF CAPTIVES IN ALGIERS
This week’s post is another in the series from Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar who took part in[…]
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FATHER PIERRE DAN ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF ESCAPE – PART 1
For those Europeans unfortunate enough to be captured by Barbary corsairs and taken to North Africa to be auctioned off[…]
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