{"product_id":"enslaved-the-story-of-the-barbary-corsair-raid-on-east-iceland-in-1627-9789935922342","title":"Enslaved: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on East Iceland in 1627","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eraided Iceland, one from Salé, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, and one from Algiers. Between them, they killed dozens of people and abducted over four hundred, packing these captives into the cargo holds of their ships and transporting them to North Africa to be sold in the slave market there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first place the Algerine corsair attacked was East Iceland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe corsair from Algiers spent four days pillaging the are around Berufjörður, in the East Fjords. On the first day alone, they seized over hundred people-men, women, and children. They then went on to the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands, where they took nearly 250 people. After this, their ships crammed with captives, they sailed back to North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full story of the Algerine corsair raid on East Iceland has never been told. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary sources, this book recounts for the first time not only the details of the raid itself, but also what it was like for the Icelanders to be slaves in Algiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saga Akademika\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789935922342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 5.39w x 0.45d","brand":"Karl Sm\u0026#195;\u0026#161;ri Hreinsson,Adam Nichols","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774322307253,"sku":"9789935922342","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/enslaved-the-story-of-the-barbary-corsair-raid-on-east-iceland-in-1627-9789935922342","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}