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In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in North Africa. Among those taken were the Lutheran minister Reverend Ólafur Egilsson. Reverend Ólafur wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive in Algiers and as a traveller across Europe.

The Travels of Reverend lafur Egilsson Reisubk

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    A Paperback / softback by Karl Smari Hreinsson, Adam Nichols

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      Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
      Published 30 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9780813228693
      978-0813228693
      ISBN-10 0813228697
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      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

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      Book Synopsis
      In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in North Africa. Among those taken were the Lutheran minister Reverend Ólafur Egilsson. Reverend Ólafur wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive in Algiers and as a traveller across Europe.

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