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Barbary Coast

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Barbary Coast

North African coast of the Mediterranean Sea (named after the Berbers) from which pirates operated against US and European shipping (taking hostages for ransom) from the 16th up to the 19th century.

President Jefferson took action against them, sending in the US Navy with the Marines who landed on ‘the shores of Tripoli’.



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This reminds us of the history that it is military capabilities that long ago helped make it possible to free the Barbary Coast of pirates, so that our world of commerce and ideas could enjoy Freedom of the Seas, and that Freedom of the Seas continues to be sustained thanks to the U.
When he discovered his talent as a mimic at a young age, he sought work in stage shows, but ultimately wound up performing on the streets and in clubs on the Barbary Coast after his graduation from high school and brief attendance at Leland Stanford University.
The paper was summarizing the findings of American Professor Robert Davis of the University of Ohio in his new book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800.
 
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