Robert Adams

Adams, Robert

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Robert Adams was born, he claimed, around 1790 in Hudson, New York, to a white sailmaker and mixed-race mother. In addition to the name "Robert Adams", which he used in Europe, he had used the name "Benjamin Rose" when he left New York City in 1810 aboard the Charles. After a trip to Gibralter, the Charles sailed down the west coast of Africa, and struck a reef near Cape Blanco. The entire crew swam to shore, but were captured by a group of Moors. Robert Adams was enslaved for the next three years, changing hands several times. In 1814 he arranged for his freedom to be purchased by the British consul Dupuis, and he made his way back to Europe, where he became a beggar in London. In 1815, he traded his tale for passage back to America with the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.

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The narrative of Robert Adams, a barbary captive
Representative edition published 2005
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Signal Boy
Representative edition published 2002
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Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds
Representative edition published 1987
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The Savage Mountains
Representative edition published 1980
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The Narrative of Robert Adams
Representative edition published 1817
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The narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810
Representative edition published 1816
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The narrative of Robert Adams
Representative edition published 1998
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The Memories of Milo Morai
Representative edition published 1986
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A Man Called Milo Morai
Representative edition published 1986
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The Seven Magical Jewels of Ireland
Representative edition published 1985
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Horses of the North
Representative edition published 1985
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The Seven Magical Jewels of Ireland (Castaways in Time 2 )
Representative edition published 1985
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The Savage Mountains
Representative edition published 1979
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The narrative of Robert Adams
Representative edition published 1816
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Narrative of ROBERT ADAMS, A BARBARY CAPTIVE
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