August 2, 2017 07:06 am PDT
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Twelve Americans were enslaved in Africa after an 1815 shipwreck
In 1815 an American ship ran aground in northwestern Africa, and its crew were enslaved by merciless nomads. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow the desperate efforts of Captain James Riley to find a way to cross the Sahara and beg for help from Western officials in Morocco.
We'll also wade through more molasses and puzzle over a prospective guitar thief.
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