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While the "American slave narrative" and "Indian captivity narrative" have garnered much attention, the Barbary captivity narrative has been virtually ignored. These narratives of North Americans taken captive by Africans recount some of the experiences of Americans enslaved by …

The multiple roles of women educators as cross-cultural intermediaries in the realm of language, literacy, dress, employment, and social action are examined in the hybrid Muslim-Jewish culture of Tunisia. Educated in Paris, the women served as catalysts of change at the Alliance…

This dissertation examines the trans-Saharan slave trade in relation to the economic and political transformations occurring in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the Regency of Tunis. Specifically, it documents the shifting trends of the slave trade within broader patter…

This work studies the relations between the newly independent United States and the Barbary States in North Africa. The interactions between the United States and North Africa were major events in American history and had consequences that affected North Africa, Europe, and the …