Editing Slave narrative (section)

==North African slave narratives==
In comparison to North American and Caribbean slave narratives, the [[North African]] slave narratives in English were written by [[British people|British]] and [[North America|American]] [[white slaves]] captured (often at sea or through [[Barbary pirates]]) and enslaved in North Africa in the 18th and early 19th centuries. These narratives have a distinct form in that they highlight the "otherness" of the [[Muslim slave trade]]rs, whereas the African-American slave narratives often call slave traders to account as fellow [[Christians]].

Narratives focused on the central themes of freedom and liberty which drew inspiration from the American Revolution. Since the narratives include the recurrence of themes and events, quoting, and relying heavily upon each other it is believed by scholars that the main source of information was other narratives more so than real captivities.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Papadopoulou|first=Nikoletta|date=2017|title=The narrative's 'general truth': Authenticity and the mediation of violence in Barbary captivity narratives.|journal=European Journal of American Culture|volume=36|issue=3|pages=209–223|doi=10.1386/ejac.36.3.209_1}}</ref> Female captives were depicted as [[Gothic fiction]] characters clinging to the hope of freedom thus more relatable to the audience.<ref>{{cite book|title=White Slaves, African Masters|last=Baepler|first=Paul|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1999}}</ref>

Examples include:
* ''A True and Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mahometans'' by [[Joseph Pitts (author)|Joseph Pitts]] (1663–1735) tells his capture as a boy age 14 or 15 by pirates while fishing off Newfoundland. His sale as a slave and his life under three different masters in North Africa, and his travels to Mecca are all described.
* ''[[Guðríður Símonardóttir|Tyrkja-Gudda]]'', 1952 and 2001
* [[Thomas Pellow]], ''The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow, In South Barbary'', 1740
* ''A Curious, Historical and Entertaining Narrative of the Captivity and almost unheard of Sufferings and Cruel treatment of Mr Robert White'', 1790<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pope Melish|first1=Joanne|title=Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and "Race" in New England, 1780–1860|date=2015|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-3413-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/disowningslavery00meli}}</ref>
* ''A Journal of the Captivity and Suffering of John Foss; Several Years a Prisoner in Algiers'', 1798<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wood|first1=Sarah F.|title=Quixotic Fictions of the USA, 1792-1815|url=https://archive.org/details/quixoticfictions00wood|url-access=limited|date=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780199273157|pages=[https://archive.org/details/quixoticfictions00wood/page/n137 119]–120}}</ref>
* ''History of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs Maria Martin who was six years a slave in Algiers; two of which she was confined in a dismal dungeon, loaded with irons, by the command of an inhuman Turkish officer. Written by herself. To which is added, a concise history of Algiers, with the manners and customs of the people,'' 1812<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the captivity and sufferings of Maria Martin, who was six years a slave in Algiers; two of which she was confined in a dismal dungeon, loaded with irons, by the command of an inhuman Turkish officer. Written by herself. To which is added, a concise history of Algiers, with the manners and customs of the people.|last=Martin|first=Maria|year=1811}}</ref>
* Captain [[James Riley (captain)|James Riley]], ''[[Sufferings in Africa]]'', 1815 
* ''[[The Narrative of Robert Adams]], An American Sailor who was wrecked on the West Coast of Africa in the year 1810; was detained Three Years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert'', 1816
* [[James Leander Cathcart]], ''The Captives, Eleven Years a Prisoner in Algiers'', published in 1899, many years after his captivity

Maria ter Meetelen (1704 in Amsterdam – fl. 1751), was a Dutch writer of an autobiography. Her biography is considered to be a valuable witness statement of the life of a former slave (1748).
* Maria ter Meetelen, ''The Curious and Amazing Adventures of Maria ter Meetelen; Twelve Years a Slave (1731- 43)'', Translated and Introduced by Caroline Stone. (Hardinge Simpole, 2010) [http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/series/travellers_in_the_wider_levant.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703020753/http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/series/travellers_in_the_wider_levant.htm |date=2022-07-03 }}.