White Gold : The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves.
Book No. : 027989
Author: Milton, Giles
ISBN: 0340794690
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
PublishingDate: 2004
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: In Stock
Price: £19.00
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper edge. 316pp.
A disturbing and forgotten chapter of history which gives an account about the Islamic slave traders who had declared war on Christendom. They carried out raids on Europe and thousands of Europeans had been snatched and made their way to the slave markets of North Africa. Thomas Pellow was taken in 1716 and was able to recount these events after he was eventually able to escape from twenty-three years of slavedom.