raid on Ceriale and Borghetto
{{Short description|1637 Algerian incursion}}
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| date = Summer 1637
| place = Ceriale, Borghetto, Italy
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| result = Algerian victory
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Republic of Genoa}} Republic of Genoa
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Algeria}} Regency of Algiers
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| strength2 = 8 GalleysK. Bekkaoui, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kyB9DAAAQBAJ&dq=Raid+on+Ceriale+1637&pg=PA2 White Women Captives in North Africa, Narratives of Enslavement, 1735–1830] p. 2
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| casualties1 = 337 Enslaved
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The Raid on Ceriale and Borghetto was made by the Regency of Algiers against the Republic of Genoa in the Summer of 1637.
Raid
In the year 1637, a significant Algerian incursion along the Ligurian coast, specifically targeting Ceriale and Borghetto, resulted in the capture of approximately 337 individuals, encompassing men, women, and children. a considerable portion of these captives died due to harsh conditions or remained unredeemed.{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=Steven A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FJUDwAAQBAJ&dq=1637+a+great+algerian+raid+on+the+Ligurian+Coast&pg=PA38 |title=Speaking of Slavery: Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy |date=2018-05-15 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-2513-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtYLAAAAYAAJ&dq=Ceriale+1637&pg=PA178 |title=The Riviera |date=1907 |publisher=A. & C. Black |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Kaiser |first=Wolfgang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xL0LAQAAMAAJ&q=Ceriale+1637 |title=Le commerce des captifs: les intermédiaires dans l'échange et le rachat des prisonniers en Méditerraneé, XVe-XVIIIe siècle |date=2008 |publisher=École française de Rome |isbn=978-2-7283-0805-7 |language=fr}}{{Cite book |last=Orlando |first=Filippo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECwQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Ceriale+1637&pg=PA195 |title=Giornale di erudizione: corrispondenza letteraria, artistica e scientifica |date=1889 |language=it}}
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Category:Naval battles involving the Regency of Algiers
Category:Naval battles involving the Republic of Genoa
Category:Slave raids by the Regency of Algiers