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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

by Giles Milton

  • 2004
  • ~320 pages
  • 4.2 ★
The true story of white European slaves in 18th century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco draws from unpublished letters and manuscripts written by slaves and by the padres and ambassadors sent to free them.

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