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Collection Reference Number GLC02794.066
From Archive Folder Tobias Lear papers 
Title List of people on a Turkish ship captured by U.S. Commodore Preble
Date 21 May 1805
Author Preble, Edward (1761-1807)  
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description Notes number of people captured, including slaves owned by Turks and those being sent as presents. Also notes: "Two or three of the Black Slaves have died in the Castle at Syracuse." Note on p. 2: "A List of Prisoners."
Subjects Navy  Military History  Global History and Civics  Africa  Barbary Coast  Barbary Pirates  Barbary Wars  Prisoner of War  Death  Prisoner  Gift  Slavery  
People Preble, Edward (1761-1807)  
Place written Malta
Theme Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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