Story Of Antonio: The Galley-slave

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This autobiographical account tells the story of Antonio Andrea Arrighi, who was a galley slave in the late 16th century. Arrighi was an Italian sailor who was captured by Algerian pirates and spent several years as a slave rowing on a galley. His account provides a firsthand glimpse into the life of a galley slave and the politics and economics of piracy in the Mediterranean.