Marcus Berg (1714–1761) was a Swedish memoir writer.

He was abducted by Barbary pirates and spent two years as a slave to the sultan of Morocco, before he was bought free and able to return to Sweden. His memoirs about his years as a slave in Morocco was published and attracted a lot of attention.

Marcus Berg (1714-1761)

References

Berg, Marcus, Svensk slav i Marocko: en bearbetning av Beskrifning öfwer barbariska slafweriet uti kejsardömet Fez och Marocco i korthet författad af Marcus Berg, som tillika med många andra christna det samma utstådt tvenne år och siu dagar, och derifrån blifwit utlöst tillika med åtta stycken andra swenska den 30 augusti 1756, Textab, Arboga, 1993

Marcus Berg (1714-1761)

1761 deaths

1714 births

Moroccan slaves

18th-century Swedish writers

18th-century slaves

Swedish memoirists

People who wrote slave narratives

18th-century memoirists

Marcus Berg (1714-1761)