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Riley founded the midwestern village of Willshire, Ohio, which he named for William Willshire, the man who redeemed him from slavery. [8]Abraham Lincoln, who later became president of the United States, listed Sufferings in Africa as one of the three most influential works that shaped his political ideology, particularly his views on slavery.
Sufferings in Africa is an 1817 memoir by James Riley. The memoir relates how Riley and his crew were enslaved in Africa after being shipwrecked in 1815. Riley was the Captain of the American merchant ship Commerce. He led his crew through the Sahara Desert after they were shipwrecked off the coast of Western Sahara in August 1815.
William Willshire was born in London in 1790 and spent his early life there. [3] Having gained employment with the London-based, English trading house James Renshaw and Co, he was despatched to Mogadore (Essaouira), Morocco as the company's agent in early 1814, partnering a successful mercantile establishment that was engaged in trading between Mogadore and Great Britain with the resident ...
James Riley, 28, strangled student Ellie Moxham and left her unconscious on a Manchester hotel room floor in November 2022. Former police officer jailed over ‘jealous rage’ attack on ex-girlfriend
Commerce was a Connecticut-based American merchant sailing ship that ran aground on 28 August 1815 [1] at Cape Bojador, off the coast of Morocco.Far more famous than the ship itself is the story of the crew who survived the shipwreck, who went on to become slaves of local tribes who captured them.
Willshire was founded by Captain James Riley in 1822, [3] and is named for the English man who saved him while he was a captive in Africa, William Willshire. [4] A post office has been in operation at Willshire since 1822. [5] Willshire served as the first county seat for Van Wert County. [6]
Kevin Winter/Getty. Sean Baker accepts the Best Picture award for "Anora" onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Feb. 7, 2025 in Santa Monica, Calif.
Shakira has had a challenging time since splitting from her ex Gerard Piqué.. During an interview with Live From E!:Grammys on Sunday, Feb. 2, the Latin pop star, 48, revealed that she's "grown ...