Excerpt from The American Tars in Tripolitan Slavery: Containing an Account of the Loss and Capture of the United States Frigate Philadelphia; Treatment and Sufferings of the Prisoners; Description of the Place; Manners, Customs, &C., Of the Tripolitans William Ray was born in Salisbury, Conn., December 9, 1771. In 1781 his father removed to New York State, and in 1790 our hero began life as a school-teacher in Dover, Dutchess county. In 1792 he became a country storekeeper, but was ruined by the Embargo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.