THE PROBLEM WITH RANSOMS: THE TANGLED WEB OF POLITICS AND INFLUENCE
Ransoming captives from North Africa wasn’t a simple process. The logistics could be fiendishly complicated and difficult, and, as we[…]
Read moreRansoming captives from North Africa wasn’t a simple process. The logistics could be fiendishly complicated and difficult, and, as we[…]
Read moreBeing captured by Barbary corsairs and sold into slavery like a beast of burden was a devastatingly traumatic experience. Everything[…]
Read moreSince this is the last blog post of 2020, and since, thanks to COVID-19, this year has been a sort[…]
Read moreIn 1835, the Reverend Michael Russell published a book on North Africa titled History and Present Condition of the Barbary[…]
Read moreFrom the mid sixteen through to the beginning of the nineteenth centuries, the Barbary corsair enterprise was huge. Corsairs ranged[…]
Read moreBoth the Trinitarian and Mercedarian orders functioned quite effectively and pursued their virtuous goal of ransoming captives throughout the era[…]
Read moreLast week’s post in this blog contained an excerpt from Francis Brooks’ Barbarian Cruelty that told the unhappy story of[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh, who was captured by corsairs from Salé in the summer[…]
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