Why was the USA the first to deal with the Barbary Pirates?
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Date: 2023-08-04
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Alyssa
The book The Stolen Village by Des Ekin is utterly horrifying for what happened to the commoners who couldn't afford to buy their way out of slavery after being kidnapped by Barbary Pirates - and also the descriptions of how the Barbary Pirates were known to kill babies & toddlers because they wanted the women without children. It makes stories out of Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice & Fire sound tame. The aristocracy of Europe didn't need to worry about being sold into slavery by the Barbary Pirates - they could pay the ransom. The average people of England (especially Cornwall) and Ireland were the ones having entire villages rounded up and sold into slavery to never see their homes again. That significantly impacted those who immigrated to the US - since they were the ones terrified of the pirates. When the Barbary Pirates started raiding the US coast - especially the Carolinas - it was impacting immigrates from the same areas that had been badly hit in the British Isles. The village of Baltimore in Ireland (which had the entire village rounded up and sold into slavery in 1631 - wasn't inhabited again until after the US stopped the Barbary Pirates.
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The book The Stolen Village by Des Ekin is utterly horrifying for what happened to the commoners who couldn't afford to buy their way out of slavery after being kidnapped by Barbary Pirates - and also the descriptions of how the Barbary Pirates were known to kill babies & toddlers because they wanted the women without children. It makes stories out of Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice & Fire sound tame. The aristocracy of Europe didn't need to worry about being sold into slavery by the Barbary Pirates - they could pay the ransom. The average people of England (especially Cornwall) and Ireland were the ones having entire villages rounded up and sold into slavery to never see their homes again. That significantly impacted those who immigrated to the US - since they were the ones terrified of the pirates. When the Barbary Pirates started raiding the US coast - especially the Carolinas - it was impacting immigrates from the same areas that had been badly hit in the British Isles. The village of Baltimore in Ireland (which had the entire village rounded up and sold into slavery in 1631 - wasn't inhabited again until after the US stopped the Barbary Pirates.
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TheAnon03
The main reason nobody had done anything was that in the 16th century when it all started to kick off the European powers nowhere near as powerful as they would go on to be and were mostly fighting each other, no one nation had the strength to spare to deal with what was actually a minor issue (and if they did pirates in the Caribbean would be the priority) and nobody wanted to risk pissing off the Ottomans who as fellow Muslims may have gotten involved. It wouldn't be until the 18th century that the European powers started to really became powerful and though the Ottomans declined in this century by then the Barbary States were just something that existed and everyone had more important issues.
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The main reason nobody had done anything was that in the 16th century when it all started to kick off the European powers nowhere near as powerful as they would go on to be and were mostly fighting each other, no one nation had the strength to spare to deal with what was actually a minor issue (and if they did pirates in the Caribbean would be the priority) and nobody wanted to risk pissing off the Ottomans who as fellow Muslims may have gotten involved. It wouldn't be until the 18th century that the European powers started to really became powerful and though the Ottomans declined in this century by then the Barbary States were just something that existed and everyone had more important issues.
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Neon
2: 36 But. But. I thought that France Annexed poor innocent Algeria because France is an imperialisst power and they just did it to steal resources.
Look at me I'm a very dumb north African that never opened a history book. (Im Morrocan btw and we never get taught in sschool about the Arab slave trade or how north African pirates were slavers, we only get thought about how Europeans are all evil, which is disgusting to me, why not just tell all the truth )
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2: 36 But. But. I thought that France Annexed poor innocent Algeria because France is an imperialisst power and they just did it to steal resources.
Look at me I'm a very dumb north African that never opened a history book. (Im Morrocan btw and we never get taught in sschool about the Arab slave trade or how north African pirates were slavers, we only get thought about how Europeans are all evil, which is disgusting to me, why not just tell all the truth )
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Nourerrahmane
Well, let s not forget that Algiers was weakened by 1815, it just came out of a Big revolt that started in 1805, before that date the Us were helpless as were other European states. And strongest nations of Europe did wage war on Algiers including Spain then France and Britain and even Denmark. However by the 19th century there was a general crisis in Algiers and reforms had to be issued. So you can say that the Us hit in the best time.
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Well, let s not forget that Algiers was weakened by 1815, it just came out of a Big revolt that started in 1805, before that date the Us were helpless as were other European states. And strongest nations of Europe did wage war on Algiers including Spain then France and Britain and even Denmark. However by the 19th century there was a general crisis in Algiers and reforms had to be issued. So you can say that the Us hit in the best time.
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Mr. Tobacco
Actually U. S didn't made deal with the Barbary Pirates but with their overlord AKA the Ottomans, that agreement is the ONLY agreement that U. S signed in foreign language and Ottoman Empire is the only nation in history U. S actually paid tribute (to protect their ships)
But when Barbary Pirates continued to attack the American ships as you said, Ottomans pretty much stand aside and let Americans do anything they want to them.
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Actually U. S didn't made deal with the Barbary Pirates but with their overlord AKA the Ottomans, that agreement is the ONLY agreement that U. S signed in foreign language and Ottoman Empire is the only nation in history U. S actually paid tribute (to protect their ships)
But when Barbary Pirates continued to attack the American ships as you said, Ottomans pretty much stand aside and let Americans do anything they want to them.
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cdcdrr
Barbary Corsairs: We're pirates of the Mediterranean.
America: Sing along now. Fifteen men on a Dead Man's Chest, yohoho and a bottle of rum.
Barbary Corsairs: No no, we are muslim. We don't drink rum. At least not above deck.
America: [pulls out gun] You've plundered your last booty, ya yellow-bellied landlubbers! I'll gut ye like a stuck pig myself.
Barbary Corsairs: Please no! Swine is haram as well!
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Barbary Corsairs: We're pirates of the Mediterranean.
America: Sing along now. Fifteen men on a Dead Man's Chest, yohoho and a bottle of rum.
Barbary Corsairs: No no, we are muslim. We don't drink rum. At least not above deck.
America: [pulls out gun] You've plundered your last booty, ya yellow-bellied landlubbers! I'll gut ye like a stuck pig myself.
Barbary Corsairs: Please no! Swine is haram as well!
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Juli n
Spain in the 16th Century and later England in the 17th took Algiers for some years each, but they eventually gave up after some years. France was Eventually succesful, but at a high cost.
Barbary Pirates were one of the reasons of the development of the Royal Navy after raiding the coast of England and Ireland in the 16th Century. There were French Privateers, but they didn't capture and enslave English people.
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Spain in the 16th Century and later England in the 17th took Algiers for some years each, but they eventually gave up after some years. France was Eventually succesful, but at a high cost.
Barbary Pirates were one of the reasons of the development of the Royal Navy after raiding the coast of England and Ireland in the 16th Century. There were French Privateers, but they didn't capture and enslave English people.
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General
Fun fact, the US only had a few ships at the time of the first war manly because it was a big issue as many saw a navy as imperialistic. They actually were lent gun boats from Naples to help in the fighting. After the war of 1812 the Navy became a point of national pride and they started building battleships. So when they went back to North Africa they had a lot more firepower
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Fun fact, the US only had a few ships at the time of the first war manly because it was a big issue as many saw a navy as imperialistic. They actually were lent gun boats from Naples to help in the fighting. After the war of 1812 the Navy became a point of national pride and they started building battleships. So when they went back to North Africa they had a lot more firepower
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IR0N
iirc it usually was barbary states raid europeans, european power shows up with a fleet and bombards port, sinking pirate fleet. repeat 10 years later
and not european states just didnt do anything.
According to wikipedia between 1600 and 1800 the 3 main barbaresque portcities were bombarded a total of 35 times be different european fleets
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iirc it usually was barbary states raid europeans, european power shows up with a fleet and bombards port, sinking pirate fleet. repeat 10 years later
and not european states just didnt do anything.
According to wikipedia between 1600 and 1800 the 3 main barbaresque portcities were bombarded a total of 35 times be different european fleets
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Broccoli
I always look forward to a History Matters video! Giving us answers we needed to know to questions nobody asked. (Also, good thing James Bisonette didn't exist back then or the pirates would have been wrecked by his infinite war coffers)
Here's a future idea: Why did the Boston Tea Party colonists dress up like Native Americans?
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I always look forward to a History Matters video! Giving us answers we needed to know to questions nobody asked. (Also, good thing James Bisonette didn't exist back then or the pirates would have been wrecked by his infinite war coffers)
Here's a future idea: Why did the Boston Tea Party colonists dress up like Native Americans?
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Lonnie
This was kind of glossed over, but this is an example of Africans enslaving white people for hundreds of years. You also don't see white people in North Africa today because if a slave wasn't sold back, they usually died from the brutal conditions, or they simply couldn't reproduce because they castrated them.
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This was kind of glossed over, but this is an example of Africans enslaving white people for hundreds of years. You also don't see white people in North Africa today because if a slave wasn't sold back, they usually died from the brutal conditions, or they simply couldn't reproduce because they castrated them.
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BlahCraft1
America's troubles with the Barbary Pirates is an often overlook part of early American history. In fact, the cost of freeing American hostages, and the inability of Congress under the Articles of Confederation to actually pay off said cost, was one of the main factors in the creation of the Constitution.
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America's troubles with the Barbary Pirates is an often overlook part of early American history. In fact, the cost of freeing American hostages, and the inability of Congress under the Articles of Confederation to actually pay off said cost, was one of the main factors in the creation of the Constitution.
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Khouya
00: 58
It's important to note that the barbary states did the exact same thing as europe was doing, Genoa and Venice raided and enslaved many throughout the mediterrenean, to perceive the north African states to be criminal is a euro centric hypocrisy of It's fine when we do it, not when it's done to us
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00: 58
It's important to note that the barbary states did the exact same thing as europe was doing, Genoa and Venice raided and enslaved many throughout the mediterrenean, to perceive the north African states to be criminal is a euro centric hypocrisy of It's fine when we do it, not when it's done to us
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Jeremy
I imagine Thomas Jefferson being told by the king of England about the pirates issue and internally fuming over why no one has done anything about them and responding with the line that every man hears from his wife when she wants something done that no one else cares about: Fine, I ll do it myself!
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I imagine Thomas Jefferson being told by the king of England about the pirates issue and internally fuming over why no one has done anything about them and responding with the line that every man hears from his wife when she wants something done that no one else cares about: Fine, I ll do it myself!
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belal
algeria during the barbary pirates era
bullies everyone
force them to pay taxes
has great navy that scared the sh t out of northern powers of the meditranean
helps ottomans during wars on sea
algeria after 1800
cant even stop a nation that is still 30 years old
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algeria during the barbary pirates era
bullies everyone
force them to pay taxes
has great navy that scared the sh t out of northern powers of the meditranean
helps ottomans during wars on sea
algeria after 1800
cant even stop a nation that is still 30 years old
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Xernobell
Yeah no the only reason westren powers put up with the Barbary satates that is they were under the protection of the ottoman empire so they waited until the latter weakened and couldnt afford to go to war against them and that was basically from the start of the 19th century
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Yeah no the only reason westren powers put up with the Barbary satates that is they were under the protection of the ottoman empire so they waited until the latter weakened and couldnt afford to go to war against them and that was basically from the start of the 19th century
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Arthur
Everyone, please help me reach out to History Matters and urge him to do videos on these subjects:
1. Why did the People's Revolution of 1848 fail in the Germanies and Spain?
2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?
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Everyone, please help me reach out to History Matters and urge him to do videos on these subjects:
1. Why did the People's Revolution of 1848 fail in the Germanies and Spain?
2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?
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A-DrewG
There is nothing more than the US loves more than its boat. Practically speaking almost all of our foreign wars were started because people touched our boats. The only exception would be Korea, the two invasions of Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan.
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There is nothing more than the US loves more than its boat. Practically speaking almost all of our foreign wars were started because people touched our boats. The only exception would be Korea, the two invasions of Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan.
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Aleksandar
on fighting off (AND WINNING AGAINST) the Barbary pirate states
European Naval Powers ( France, Spain, Two Sicilies, Sweden, Netherlands ): Is It Possible To Learn This Power?
United States of America: _ Not FROM the Great Britain! _
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on fighting off (AND WINNING AGAINST) the Barbary pirate states
European Naval Powers ( France, Spain, Two Sicilies, Sweden, Netherlands ): Is It Possible To Learn This Power?
United States of America: _ Not FROM the Great Britain! _
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