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Thomas Pellow (1704 – 1745) was an English author and escaped slave.
He was the son of Thomas Pellow of Penryn and his wife Elizabeth (née Lyttleton),[1] and is best known for the extensive captivity narrative entitled The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow in South-Barbary.[2] Pellow's book chronicles his many adventures spent during his 23-year-long captivity (summer 1715 – July 1738) giving a detailed account of his capture by Barbary pirates, his experiences as a slave under Sultan Moulay Ismail, and his final escape from Morocco back to his Cornish origins.
His captivity began at the age of eleven when sailing abroad in the summer of 1716 when his ship was attacked by Barbary pirates after crossing the Bay of Biscay traveling with his uncle, John Pellow, who was the ship's captain alongside five other Englishmen. Pellow and his shipmates were taken captive and delivered to Sultan Moulay Ismail of Morocco as prisoners. Pellow was one of the individuals hand picked by the sultan along with three others and integrated into one of Ismail's many slaves.[3]
- ^ https://www.pellew.com/Pellew%20The%20Name/The%20Pellowes%20of%20Mabe%20p%2017.htm gives the parentage and date of death.
- ^ The Adventures of Thomas Pellow: Three and twenty years in captivity among the Moors. Suffolk & Watt. 28 May 2015. ISBN 9780954598587.
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