Each day the galley slaves received a piece of baked and stale bread called bizcocho, a stew of broad beans and a ration of water. Their chances of being freed were minimal: only if their masters...

The Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul also used galley slaves. Notable galley slaves in North Africa. Miguel de Cervantes; Asia. In Southeast Asia, from the mid-18th to the late-19th centuries, …

While Spain's Caribbean galley squadrons existed for only 60 years, their reliance on ‘Turkish’ and ‘Moorish’ galley slaves provides evidence of an overlooked, intermediate stage in the …

In 1571 two great galley armadas formed up in a battle for control of the Eastern Mediterranean. These ships carried some sail, but their main engines were convicts and prisoners of war. …

The galley slaves were shackled to their rowing benches and never allowed to leave. If the ship sank, the galley slaves sank with it. Their supervisors whipped them if they didn’t row hard …

The Spanish Galleas / Galley Slaves / The "Albatross" Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Topic 698 subscribers Subscribe Share 1.3K views 4 years ago Provided to YouTube by Universal Music …

Mediterranean Slavery, New World Transformations: Galley Slaves in the Spanish Caribbean, 1578-1635 David Wheat streets behind a mule and then, in a public plaza, hung by the neck …

In 1501, Spanish colonists began importing enslaved Africans from the Iberian Peninsula to their Santo Domingo colony on the island of Hispaniola. These first Africans, who had been …

In March 1675, those who stood firm and survived (about 40) were forced to march almost 300 miles south, to the Italian city of Trieste. From there, they continued further south to the port of …

Spanish Armada (1588) painting showing galley in the foreground. Roman galley warships almost always used freemen as rowers, though some slaves were used in the Second Punic …