TY - BOOK ID - 77532075 TI - The narrative of Robert Adams, a barbary captive AU - Adams, Robert AU - Adams, Charles Hansford PY - 2005 SN - 0521603730 0521842840 9780521603737 9780521842846 9780511614798 9780511345265 0511345267 1281108596 9781281108593 9786611108595 6611108599 0511344929 9780511344923 0511344554 9780511344558 0511344163 9780511344169 0511567510 9780511567513 0511614799 110715166X PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Slavery KW - Abolition of slavery KW - Antislavery KW - Enslavement KW - Mui tsai KW - Ownership of slaves KW - Servitude KW - Slave keeping KW - Slave system KW - Slaveholding KW - Thralldom KW - Crimes against humanity KW - Serfdom KW - Slaveholders KW - Slaves KW - Adams, Robert KW - Travel KW - Sahara KW - Tombouctou (Mali) KW - Timbuctoo (Mali) KW - Tombutu (Mali) KW - Timboctú (Mali) KW - Timbuctú (Mali) KW - Timbuktu (Mali) KW - Timbuktu KW - Tumbuktū (Mali) KW - Tunbukt (Mali) KW - Tunbuktū (Mali) KW - Description and travel. KW - Adams, Robert, KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History KW - Enslaved persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77532075 AB - First published in London in 1816, The Narrative of Robert Adams is an account of the adventures of Robert Adams, an African American seaman who survives shipwreck, slavery, and brutal efforts to convert him to Islam, before being ransomed to the British consul. In London, Adams is discovered by the Company of Merchants Trading which publishes his story, into which Adams inserts a fantastical account of a trip to Timbuctoo. Adams's story is accompanied by contemporary essays and notes that place his experience in the context of European exploration of Africa at the time, and weigh his credibility against other contemporary accounts. Professor Adams's introduction examines Adams's credibility in light of modern knowledge of Africa and discusses the significance of his story in relation to the early nineteenth century interest in Timbuctoo, and to the literary genres of the slave narrative and the Barbary Captivity narrative. ER -