Sufferings in Africa : The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved by North African Arabs

by Captain James Riley

• ISBN13: 9781585740802
• ISBN10: 1585740802
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: The Lyons Press

Summary

In this classic tale of adventure, a young American sea captain named James Riley, shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in 1915, was captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, and sold into slavery. Thus begins an epic adventure of survival and a quest for freedom that takes him across the Sahara desert.

Table of Contents

Sketch of the Author's Early Life and Education	1	(6)
Voyage of the Commerce	7	(5)
Shipwreck	12	(5)
Description of the Natives	17	(9)
Seized by Natives	26	(7)
The Frightful Coast of Africa	33	(9)
Slaves!	42	(17)
Skin and Flesh Roasted	59	(24)
Two Arabian Merchants	83	(13)
The Desart of Zahahrah	96	(11)
Arab Hospitality	107	(5)
Mountains of Driving Sand	112	(8)
Within Sight of the Ocean	120	(14)
Fear of Robbers	134	(8)
Black Mountains in the East	142	(8)
We Are Divided	150	(5)
Fresh Fish	155	(6)
An Error	161	(9)
The Extraordinary Sheick Ali	170	(10)
A Moor Arrives from Mogadore	180	(9)
Ruins of a City	189	(19)
Friendship of the Prince	208	(19)
Mr. Willshire	227	(22)
Delirious	249	(11)
The Author's Motives	260	(34)
The Face of the African Desart	294