The 'strange adventures' of Hark Olufs. A slavery report from 1747 - Vivian Vierkant (Itzehoe)
On Amrum, an unusual 18th-century gravestone commemorates the "blessed Harck Olufs," who was "captured by Turkish pirates in Algiers" in 1724 and "served the Turkish Bey in Constantine for 11 years and a quarter." What fate lies behind these lines?