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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton (Paperback, 2005)
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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.
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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 he 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139780340794708
eBay Product ID (ePID)89567564
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhite Gold: the Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves
Publication Year2005
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorGiles Milton
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight256 g
Item Width131 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGiles Milton
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- 19 Sep, 2019Most favourable review
A fascinating and entertaining insight into history.
One of the most interesting and surprising stories about the history of North Africa. Imagine being in a village in Cornwall and suddenly being confronted by scimitar-wielding barbarians and being taken away to the slave markets of Algeria and Morocco. A fascinating insight into history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Feb, 2022Most critical review
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I found this book very informative, it was well written, and the author had obviously done a lot of research. I do feel though that it was marketed wrongly because it gave the impression the whole book was about one slave from Cornwall, where piracy from Morocco, Algiers etc. by Moors, was common practice. in fact apart from his name being mentioned briefly in the first chapters, he didn't really make much of an appearance until later in the book. The first part of the book was more about the Sultans, and the mass treatment (which was barbaric) of the slaves from Europe. Also how the Sultans, took advantage of our kings at the time, by promising to release English slaves for vast amount so money, and war equipment, and then tearing up peace treaties. I am not finding fault with the book, just the information on the content. I would highly recommend this book to people who think slavery just involved black people, slavery involved most races, colours and creed. Slavery was wrong then, and is wrong now, but what happened in history should be learnt from not hidden away and destroyed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Jun, 2025
Fascinating book on a compelling subject.
Fascinating book on a compelling subject. Slavery is as old as mankind itself and should be acknowledged and challenged in every iteration.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Sep, 2024
book condition a bit untidy but readable...
book condition a bit untidy but readable. not easy read but getting into itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2020
White Gold book review
An excellent read and very informativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 27 Feb, 2022
An amazing untold true story
It turns out the Arabs invented slavery and enslaved people of all ethnicities including a million EuropeansVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Feb, 2019
White Gold
An important part of the whole that is too often airbrushed out of history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Sep, 2017
White Gold
An interesting historical story about the white slave trade of which I knew very littleVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Mar, 2022
Great read
Excellent book, very interesting and informativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Jul, 2020
Another truth
Trying to get rid of the past is counter productive. This balabces out some of the current narrativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
