Selim Aga : a slave's odyssey
McCarthy, James, 1936-2006
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Selim Aga was eight years old when he was abducted from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan and sold into slavery and auctioned 2000 miles away in Egypt to the highest bidder. Born around 1827, Selim was killed in a war in Liberia in 1875. Here, the author has pieced together the life of this remarkable man, using Selim's own narrative.
Main title:
Selim Aga : a slave's odyssey / by James McCarthy.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath, 2006.
Collation:
208 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Selim Aga was eight years old when he was abducted from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan and sold into slavery and auctioned 2000 miles away in Egypt to the highest bidder. Born around 1827, Selim was killed in a war in Liberia in 1875. Here, the author has pieced together the life of this remarkable man, using Selim's own narrative.
ISBN:
19052221739781905222179
Dewey class:
306.3'62'092306.362
Local class:
306.362092
Language:
English
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BRN:
416737
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