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Robert Adams

Robert Adams was born, he claimed, around 1790 in Hudson, New York, to a white sailmaker and mixed-race mother. In addition to the name "Robert Adams", which he used in Europe, he had used the name "Benjamin Rose" when he left New York City in 1810 aboard the Charles. After a trip to Gibralter, the Charles sailed down the west coast of Africa, and struck a reef near Cape Blanco. The entire crew swam to shore, but were captured by a group of Moors. Robert Adams was enslaved for the next three years, changing hands several times.

In 1814 he arranged for his freedom to be purchased by the British consul Dupuis, and he made his way back to Europe, where he became a beggar in London. In 1815, he traded his tale for passage back to America with the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.

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  • Cover of: The narrative of Robert Adams, a barbary captive

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  • Cover of: The narrative of Robert Adams: a sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the city of Tombuctoo : with a map, notes, and an appendix.

    First published in 1816 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor: who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the great desert, and resided several months in the city of Tombuctoo. With a map, notes, and an appendix.

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  • Cover of: The narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810: was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resides several months in the City of Tombuctoo.

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  • Cover of: narrative of Robert Adams: an American sailor who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the City of Tombuctoo ; with a map, notes and an appendix.

    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: NARRATIVE OF ROBERT ADAMS, A BARBARY CAPTIVE: A CRITICAL EDITION; ED. BY CHARLES HANSFORD ADAMS.

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  • Cover of: The Narrative of Robert Adams: An American Sailor Who Was Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the City of Tombuctoo

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Description and travel, Slavery, Captivity, 1810-1814, Description, History, Indian captivities, Journeys, Mali, Nonfiction, Sahara, description and travel, Seemann, Sklave, Slavery in the Sahara, Travel

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Sahara, Tombouctou (Mali), Africa, Barbary States, North Africa, Timbuktu

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Robert Adams Sailor

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19th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
July 31, 2018 Edited by DriniBot removing erroneous .comment
December 5, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Removed alternate name
December 5, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import