LEADER 04095nam 22008775 450 001 9910962265303321 005 20240312122119.0 010 $a9781283641470 010 $a128364147X 010 $a9781137295033 010 $a1137295031 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137295033 035 $a(CKB)2670000000261685 035 $a(EBL)1039451 035 $a(OCoLC)812506778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755019 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413897 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755019 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10726400 035 $a(PQKB)10641327 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-29503-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1039451 035 $a(Perlego)3507002 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000261685 100 $a20151208d2012 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican Slaves and African Masters $eAlgiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 /$fby C. Sears 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349443536 311 08$a1349443530 311 08$a9781137268662 311 08$a1137268662 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Remembering the "Horror of Mahometan Vassalage"; 1 "This World Is Full of Vicissitudes"; Part I Algiers; 2 "Far Distant from Our Country, Families, Friends, and Connections": American Slaves in Ottoman Algiers; 3 "Once a Citizen of the United States of America, But at Present the Most Miserable Slave": Americans and Slave Community; 4 "American Livestock, Now Slaves in Algiers": Elite Slaves in Ottoman Algiers; 5 "We Set No Great Value upon Money": A Slave Economy 327 $aPart II Western Sahara6 "Sons of Sorrow": American Slaves in the Western Sahara; 7 "Clear the Country of All You Christian Dogs": The Business of Redemption; Epilogue: A Different Kind of Slavery; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWhether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that differed so markedly from nineteenth century U.S. slavery that some contemporaries and modern scholars hesitate to categorize their experiences as 'slavery.' Sears uses a comparative approach, placing African enslavement of Americans and Europeans in the context of Mediterranean and Ottoman slaveries, while individually investigating the system of slavery in Algiers and Western Sahara. This work illuminates the commonalities and peculiarities of these slaveries, while contributing to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution. 606 $aAfrica$xHistory 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aAmerica$xHistory 606 $aAfrica, North$xHistory 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aAfrican History 606 $aUS History 606 $aModern History 606 $aHistory of the Americas 606 $aHistory of North Africa 606 $aHuman Rights 615 0$aAfrica$xHistory. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aAmerica$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrica, North$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 14$aAfrican History. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aHistory of the Americas. 615 24$aHistory of North Africa. 615 24$aHuman Rights. 676 $a306.3620965 700 $aSears$b Christine E.$f1969-$01792356 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962265303321 996 $aAmerican Slaves and African Masters$94330807 997 $aUNINA