Tunis and Tripoli. Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they ...

In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships ... the third President of the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 ...

Tunis and Tripoli. Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they ...