02288cam a22003133u 4500 31410 UtSlPG 20260610133721.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 The Boy Slaves Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2010-02-26 Produced by Mary Meehan and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Boy Slaves" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows a group of young boys, midshipmen in the British navy, who find themselves shipwrecked and drifting at sea after their corvette sinks. As they navigate the challenges of survival, they also face the imminent threat of enslavement, intertwining themes of adventure and peril within a narrative set against the backdrop of Africa's treacherous coast. The opening of the tale introduces the boys—Harry Blount, Terence O'Connor, and Colin Macpherson—three young midshipmen who find themselves on a topsail-yard, having escaped their sunken ship. They are accompanied by Old Bill, a sailor who cannot swim. Their struggle against the sea is marked by desperation and a fight for survival, which culminates in their eventual landing on a barren sand-spit. Exhausted and soaked, they feel the looming dangers of both the ocean and the encroaching tide, only to soon awaken from a deep sleep to discover their precarious situation further complicated by a rising storm. Their initial encounter with a dromedary and the discovery of its water supply set the stage for their quest for food and shelter in an unknown land, highlighting the tension between adventure and the ever-present threat of capture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Slavery -- Fiction Sahara -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31410 72256 72256