FATHER PIERRE DAN: RANSOMING CAPTIVES IN ALGIERS – PART 2
This week we continue the story of Father Pierre Dan’s ransoming expedition to Algiers in 1634. When Yusuf Basha (the[…]
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Month: March 2025
FATHER PIERRE DAN: RANSOMING CAPTIVES IN ALGIERS – PART 1
Europeans captives enslaved in Algiers dreamed of one thing above all others: being ransomed. If you were a citizen of[…]
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AN ENGLISHMAN IN ALGIERS – PART 2
This week, we continue with Sir Kenelm Digby’s first-person narrative of his time in Algiers in the late winter/early spring[…]
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