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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Reports from Constantinople detail a brutal massacre of Greeks: houses pillaged with Jewish aid, women and children assassinated or enslaved. 300 Morean Greeks sold cheaply for transport to Asia; wealthy Turks paid to kill survivors. 150 virgins from elite families, including Princesses Morusi and Maurojene, sold and subjected to abuse, many perishing.
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The Greeks, natives of the Morea, were first given up to the people: 300 who survived the massacre, were sold at from 20 to 25 piastres, with the condition that the purchasers would transport them into Asia. The Albanians had so irritated the people several wealthy Turks repaired to the slave market, and paid 25 piastres to have the pleasure of killing a Greek.
One hundred and fifty virgins, whose parents had been previously assassinated, and who were of the first Greek families, (amongst them were two Princesses, Morusi, and a Princess named Maurojene, niece of the Turkish Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, lately recalled,) were abandoned to the brutality of the Turks in open bazaar, at the rate of a crown a piece. The greater part of these unfortunate young women perished in consequence of this inhuman treatment.
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Constantinople
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women and children assassinated or enslaved; 300 surviving morean greeks sold for 20-25 piastres to be transported to asia; wealthy turks paid 25 piastres to kill greeks; 150 virgins from elite families sold for a crown each and subjected to brutality, most perishing.
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Houses of Greeks pillaged with Jews as spies and guides; natives of Morea first targeted, survivors sold into slavery; Albanians irritated the populace; 150 virgins, including two princesses, abandoned to Turks in bazaar.