Captain James RileyCaptain James Riley was the captain of the United States merchant ship Commerce. He was sold into slavery after he and his crew were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa and went on to write Sufferings in Africa, a memoir about hi ordeal. Riley was also the founder of Willshire, Ohio, named after William Wilshire, the man who saved him from slavery. Read More Read Less
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