Category: Captives

(This post is a continuation of The Adventures of William Okeley: A Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, 3, 4,[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Adventures of William Okeley: A Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, 3, 4,[…]

Back in April of 2018, there was a three-part series of posts here in the Captives section of this blog[…]

(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done[…]

(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, & 3. If you haven’t[…]

(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If you[…]

In the autumn of 1621, a merchant ship named the Jacob, out of Bristol, England, set sail for the Mediterranean.[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Tale of the Jacob – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

Early seventeenth century Algiers was not a large city geographically, certainly not by modern standards. It was a harbor city,[…]