The history of the long captivity and adventures of Thomas Pellow, in South-Barbary. Giving an account of his being taken by two Sallce Rovers, and carry'd a slave to Mequinez, at eleven years of age: His various adventures in that country for the space of twenty-three years: escape, and return home. In which is introduced, a particular account of the manners and customs of the Moors; the astonishing tyranny and cruelty of their emperors, and a relation of all those great revolutions and bloody wars which happen'd in the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco, between the Years 1720 and 1736. Together with a description of the cities, towns, and publick buildings in those kingdoms; miseries of the Christian slaves; and many other curious particulars. Written by himself.

  • Pellow, Thomas, 1704-
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[1751]
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[Sherborne?] : Printed for R. Goadby; and sold by W. Owen, Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, London, [1751]

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[4], 388 p. ; 80.

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ESTC T144536

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Facsimile. New York, NY Garland Pub., 1973. (Foundations of the Novel).
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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