free pdf Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement,

Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True
Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and
Survival on the Sahara
COPY LINK IN DESCRIPTION
TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK
Copy Link >> https://getpdf.readbooks.link/yupu/B01DRX4552
&#8220Thfirst American bestseller, with over a million copies
purchased. Its portrayal of human bondage gave fuel to the
growing abolitionist cause.&#8221&#8212CTPostListed by
Abraham Lincoln, alongside the Bible and Pilgrims Progress,
as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales
of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one.
Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of
1815, James Riley and his crew had no idea of the trials
awaiting them as they gathered their beached belongings.
They would be captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, herded
across the Sahara Desert, beaten, forced to witness
astounding brutalities, sold into slavery, and starved. Riley

watched most of his crew die one by one, killed off by cruelty
or caprice, as his own weight dropped from 240 pounds to a
mere 90 at his rescue. First published in 1817, this dramatic
saga soon became a national bestseller with over a million
copies sold. Even today, it is rare to find a narrative that
illuminates the degradations of slave existence with such
brutal honesty.One of five books that &#8220viidly capture[s]
the long history of America&#8217encounters with the Arab
world.&#8221&#8212Th Wall Street
Journal&#8220Riey&#8217descriptions of the Sahara and of
Muslims and Arabs offers some fascinating insight into the
times and locations... definitely worth a
read.&#8221&#8212CTQ&#8220Asimple, personal account of
an evil that was done, which increased rather than diminished
its powerful impact on a future world
leader.&#8221&#8212Etics &ampCulture