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An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig
"Commerce"
by James Riley
A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig
"Commerce," of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master
by Archibald Robbins
A great American naval adventure of the early nineteenth century
The year 1815 was a momentous one. On the muddy slopes of Waterloo
in Belgium Napoleon, who had set Europe ablaze for two decades, was
brought to ruin. Across the Atlantic the United States of America
had concluded its war with Britain having ended the conflict with a
famous victory at New Orleans. Meanwhile in the eastern Atlantic an
American merchant vessel and its crew underwent a drama which,
although it was not significant to the world at large, would mean
catastrophe, slavery and death for some of them. The brig Commerce
out of Connecticut was sailing between Gibraltar and the Cape Verde
Islands on a trading voyage when she ran aground on Cape Bojador
off the coast of the Western Sahara desert. The ship and crew were
attacked by local tribesmen of the Sahrawi. One man was killed and
the rest of the crew, after terrible ordeals, were captured by
Bedouin tribesmen. They suffered constant brutality at the hands of
their captors as they were force marched through the desolate
landscape and suffered dehydration and starvation before their
eventual liberation. This Leonaur edition contains two accounts by
crew members including one by the ship's master, James Riley.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States cited Riley's book
as one as the most significant and inspirational books he read as a
youth. Indeed, Riley's account was a phenomenal bestseller in
America at the time of its first publication selling over 1,000,000
copies. The second account here is by Archibald Robbins and is
included to give readers a perspective on the incident from by one
of the ship's able seamen.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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The Commerce was a Connecticut-based American merchant sailing ship
that ran aground in 1815 at Cape Bojador, off the coast of what is
now Western Sahara. This is the story of one of the crew who
survived the shipwreck and who went on to become a slave in one of
the local tribes who captured them. Captain James Riley and crew
were attacked and ransacked on shore by Sahrawi natives. The crew
escaped by rowboat but when their supplies ran low they again went
to shore. They were taken captive by nomads of the Oulad Bou Sbaa
tribe. They spent months dehydrated, starved and suffering
brutality. This is an account of that time.
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