THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 10
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh found herself in a[…]
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Author: Adam Nichols
I'm an associate professor with the University of Maryland, in the U.S. I spent twenty years teaching for the University of Maryland’s European division, in England, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany, and downrange on military installations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. I've also lived and worked in Australia, China, and Canada. I presently live in the U.S.
THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 11
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh had managed to evade[…]
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THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 12
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh and her companions had[…]
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THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 13
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh and her companions had[…]
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THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 14
This week, we continue with the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh and her companions were[…]
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THE FEMALE CAPTIVE – PART 15
This week, we conclude the narrative of Elizabeth Marsh. In last week’s post, Ms. Marsh and her companions were still[…]
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FRANCIS BROOKS – BARBARIAN CRUELTY
This week’s post contains an excerpt from a book published in London in 1693, written by an Englishman named Francis[…]
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FRANCIS BROOKS – BARBARIAN CRUELTY – PART 2
Francis Brooks had the misfortune to be taken captive and enslaved in Morocco the 1680s. Being a slave anywhere in[…]
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FRANCIS BROOKS – BARBARIAN CRUELTY – PART 3
There aren’t a lot of narratives about women captured by Barbary corsairs. This week, we’ll look at the story of[…]
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THE SHIPS OF SALÉ – PART 1
When most people think of seventeenth century pirate ships, they think of the sort of vessel depicted in the image[…]
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