Category: Captives

This week, we conclude the series of excerpts from Northern Captives: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Grindavík[…]

This week, we continue with the excerpt from Northern Captives: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Grindavík in[…]

On June 20, 1627, in the pale light of an early northern summer morning, a lone ship approached the Grindavík[…]

Last week, we looked at how complicated the financial process could be when Europeans tried to pay ransoms for their[…]

This week we conclude the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Last week, Wadsworth described his[…]

This week we continue the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Last week, Wadsworth described how[…]

This week we continue the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Travelling by sea in the[…]

This week we begin a series of excerpts from a new captivity narrative. This one is by an Englishman named[…]

This week, we conclude the series of excerpts taken from the captivity narrative of John Foss, the American who, in[…]

This week, we continue with yet another excerpt from the captivity narrative of John Foss, the American who, in October,[…]