Bibliograph

White gold, the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves, Giles Milton

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White gold, the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves, Giles Milton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

White gold

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56941892

Responsibility statement

Giles Milton

Sub title

the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves

Summary

This book reveals a disturbing and long forgotten chapter of history. In 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and 51 comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors--a network of Muslim slave traders--had declared war on Christendom. Thousands had been snatched from their homes in France, Spain, England and Italy and taken in chains to the great slave markets of Algiers, Tunis and Sal ̌in Morocco. Pellow and his shipmates were bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco, who was constructing a palace of such grandeur that it would surpass every other building in the world, built entirely by Christian slave labor. Resourceful, resilient, and quick-thinking, Pellow was selected by the sultan for special treatment, and was one of the fortunate few who survived to tell his tale.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

List of illustrations -- Map of Morocco -- Map of the Mediterranean -- Prologue -- A new and deadly foe -- Sultan of slaves -- Seized at sea -- Pellow's torments -- Into the slave pen -- Guarding the concubines -- Rebels in the High Atlas -- Turning Turk -- At the court of Moulay Ismail -- Escape or death -- Blood rivals -- Long route home -- Epilogue -- Notes and sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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