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The Narrative of Robert Adams, a Sailor Who Was Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1810
The Narrative of Robert Adams a Sailor Who Was Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the Year 1810 Author:Robert Adams Subtitle: Was Detained Three Years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and Resides Several Months in the City of Tombuctoo General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: Slavery Sahara Tombouctou (Mali) Timbuktu History / Africa / General History / United S... more »tates / General Social Science / Slavery Travel / Africa / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CONCLUDING REMARKS. E shall close our remarks on Adams's Narrative with a brief review, of the extent to which it has hitherto been confirmed, and of the credibility of those parts of it which still rest on his own unsupported testimony. The first part of this examination may be disposed of in a very few words. The preceding notes will be found to contain an uninterrupted chain of evidence by which his course may be traced backwards from London, through Cadiz, Tangier, Mequinez, Fez, Mogadore, and Wed-Noon, to the Douar of El Kabla in the depths of the Desert. His adventure with Aisha at El Kabla -- the fame of which preceded him to Mogadore, and adhered to him during his residence at Wed-Noon -- sufficiently establishes the identity of the individual whom Mr. Dupuis received from the Desert. From Mogadore, he is delivered into the hands of the American Consul at Tangier, who, in his turn, transmits him to Cadiz, where he is traced into the service of Mr. Hall. The Cadiz gentleman who first discoverd him in the streets of London, supplies the last link to this chain of identity; and completes the proof (strengthened by other circumstances) that thegallant of Aisha at El Kabla, and the Tombuctoo-traveller in London, whether known by the name of A dams, or Rose, is one and th...« less