Gwartisan wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/protest_reform/white_slaves_01.shtml
If you like that, read 'Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes' by Peter L. Wilson
About how many europeans voluntary 'turn'd turke' to escape repression in Europe.
The pirate republic of Sal? was quite democratic and one could climb up from slave to politician or pirate captain! Some became infamous pirates like the Dutch Murad Reiss
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ct-details
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no8/pirate.html