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 ...

and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries. The term originates from an exonym for the Berbers and is associated with Barbary pirates who operated in the ...

In ‘Global Pirates’ highlight objects include a hanging ... settled into a stalemate with the states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Various treaties were signed between the British and Barbary ...