A woman among monsters – Lucretia Parker’s extraordinary adventures as a captive of Cuban pirates in 1822
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Simon Karstens, « A woman among monsters – Lucretia Parker’s extraordinary adventures as a captive of Cuban pirates in 1822 », Identifying Maritime Women in the Age of Sail, ID : 10670/1.64l6lr
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I thank Dr. Gauri Parasher for proofreading this article Providence RI, 1825: “Unparalleled sufferings” in print In 1825, a small volume appeared in the bookstores of New York and Rhode Island.[1] Its title promised a most spectacular adventure: The firsthand account of an innocent woman who survived a brutal massacre by monstrous pirates. The book even included important “moral reflections” [2] for its readers. The last part gave even the most pious people a reason to buy and read someth...