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White gold
the extraordinary story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's one million white slaves
By Milton, Giles
- ISBN
- 978-0-37428-935-5
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 15, 2005
Milton (The Riddle and the Knight ) presents the story of the remarkable white slavery industry instigated by Barbary corsairs in the early 1600s against France, Spain, England, and Italy. At its heart is Thomas Pellow, an 11-year-old cabin boy on the Francis , which was sailing from England to Genoa in summer 1716 when it was captured by Islamic slave traders. Pellow was sold to Sultan Moulay Ismail of Moro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
