TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Milton, Giles.
CN  - HT1346
CN  - HT1346
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2006.
ET  - 1st Picador ed.
ID  - 310268
KW  - Slavery
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026427-b.html
N1  - Originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2004.
N2  - 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.
PB  - Picador,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2006.
SN  - 0312425295 (pbk.)
SN  - 9780312425296 (pbk.)
T1  - White gold :the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves /
TI  - White gold :the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves /
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026427-b.html
ER  -