Susanna Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers or a struggle for freedom: a case study of the impact of culture on literature

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Suzanna Rowson’s play Slaves in Algiers or a struggle for Freedom is part of Barbary Captivity narratives.

Even though the paly can be studied through different angles, focus will be laid on the impact of culture on its writing.

This article aims at exploring how the culture of Algiers affected the authorship of Rowson’s play.

Furthermore, it attempts to determine the American anxieties about cross-cultural threats from Algiers expressed in the play