Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
misfortune
/mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/Bad luck or an unlucky event that causes trouble.
overboard
/ˈəʊvəbɔːd/Over the side of a boat or ship and into the water.
liberty
/ˈlɪbəti/Freedom from control, imprisonment, or slavery.
faithful
/ˈfeɪθfl/Loyal, trustworthy, and remaining true to someone.
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After returning from my first voyage, which was very successful and earned me nearly three hundred pounds, I decided to sail to Guinea again. But this second voyage brought terrible misfortune. Near the Canary Islands, a Turkish pirate ship from Sallee attacked us. We fought bravely with our guns, but the enemy had more men and boarded our ship. Three of our crew were killed, and the rest of us were captured and taken to Sallee as prisoners. While the other sailors were taken inland to the emperor's court, the pirate captain kept me as his personal slave because I...
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