Prisoners of the Bashaw by Frederick C. Leiner

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/133200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prisoners of the Bashaw Author: Frederick C. Leiner Narrator: Tom Parks Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins Release date: 01-30-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Maritime History & Piracy Publisher's Summary: On October 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia ran aground on a reef a few miles outside the harbor of Tripoli. After hours under fire, the Philadelphia, aground and defenseless, surrendered, and 307 American sailors and marines were captured. The bashaw ordered the crew moved into an old warehouse, and the officers were eventually moved to a dungeon beneath the Bashaw's castle. While the officers were treated as "gentlemen," although imprisoned, the sailors worked as enslaved laborers.