A Dream & A Fear

Captain James Riley (with Dean King)


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Abraham Lincoln referenced Captain James Rileys memoirs as one of the three most influential works that shaped his political ideology, particularly his views on slavery. The others were the Bible and The Pilgrim's Progress.


We talk to Dean King about his best-selling book 'Skeletons on the Zahara', an account of Captain James Rileys enslavement and march to freedom.

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