I believe that this should be published as a book on its own.... - Adebayo Adeniran - Medium

… a day, during all which wretched period he had no opportunity to learn the fate of his companions. From the country he was removed to Algiers, where, in a numerous company of white slaves, he encountered three of his shipmates, and twenty-six other Americans. After remaining for some time crowded together in the slave prison, they were all distributed among the different galleys in the service of the Dey.” — Charles Sumner

Unknown History: The US Navy Was Founded To Free White Slaves In North Africa

Peter Burns

Adebayo Adeniran

Sep 29, 2021

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