"The Boy Slaves" by Captain Mayne Reid is a thrilling tale of young British navy midshipmen whose ship sinks, leaving them struggling for survival in a harsh and unfamiliar landscape. Harry Blount, Terence O'Connor, Colin Macpherson, and Old Bill, find themselves adrift after escaping the wreckage of their sunken ship. They battle the relentless sea until they wash ashore on a desolate sand-spit. Their relief is short-lived as they soon face a rising storm upon awakening. The boys must find food, water, and shelter while navigating the dangers of the unknown and constantly confronting the looming threat of enslavement, setting the stage for an extraordinary adventure filled with both hope and peril along the treacherous African coast.
The Boy Slaves
By Mayne Reid
Stranded after a shipwreck, a group of young boys must fight for survival in a dangerous land, evading capture and enslavement at every turn.
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About the AuthorThomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Thomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
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