Europeans Captured at Sea: Three Centuries Cut Out of the Slavery Story
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.
A ship left Sicily, Spain, or England and disappeared in the Mediterranean. Months later, a family received a letter: their relative was alive, but held in Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. To bring that person home, the family had to collect ransom money. If the money did not come, the captive might be sent to row a galley, build a wall, work a field, or be sold to another owner.