Talk:Galley slave

Galley Slaves of Barbary
This page needs to have a section on Galley Slaves of Barbary. The first overseas military excursion of the United States was to get rid of the Barbary pirates which were based in North Africa. The Marine anthem lyric "to the shores of Tripoli" refers to this mission.

No evidence that ancient navies ever made use of condemned criminals as oarsmen?
There is no evidence that ancient navies ever made use of condemned criminals as oarsmen,[3]

From Josephus Antiquites of the Jews,, Book 17, Chapter 12:2, Whiston translation concerning a man that posed himself as Alexander, the son of Herod the Great:

''So Caesar, upon observing the spurious Alexander to be a strong active man, and fit to work with his hands, that he might not break his promise to him, put him among those that were to row among the mariners '' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.27.138.239 (talk) 00:23, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Constitution of the Athenians (Pseudo-Xenophon) 1,11: For where there is a naval power, it is necessary from financial considerations to be slaves to the slaves in order to take a portion of their earnings, and it is then necessary to let them go free. Pilot Pirx (talk) 18:52, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Notable galley slaves in Europe and North Africa
Both Knox and Cervantes are listed under the heading 'notable galley slaves', with no citation given. On the main Wikipedia page for each of these rather famous men there is currently no reference to either of them being galley slaves. I'm not saying they were not slaves—simply that there is no reference to back this. 49.183.142.170 (talk) 15:02, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Galley slave described as a historical 'profession'?
To put it mildly, this is nonsense and should be changed. Wcg5003 (talk) 13:35, 22 April 2023 (UTC)