White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

of Giles Milton

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This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, built entirely by Christian slave labour. As his personal slave, he would witness first-hand the barbaric splendour of the imperial court, as well as experience the daily terror of a cruel regime. Gripping, immaculately researched, and brilliantly realised, WHITE GOLD reveals an explosive chapter of popular history, told with all the pace and verve of one of our finest historians.

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History History Nonfiction Africa Biography Morocco Historical Islam European History 18th Century Audiobook

Main Characters

Thomas Pellow

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 316 pages
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date May 1st 2005
First Publication 06/07/04
Language English
ISBN 9780340794708
Edition Not informed
Category History & Politics
Scenario ['Morocco']

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