Barbary slave trade
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The Barbary slave trade involved the capture of an estimated 1.25 million Europeans, then selling them at slave markets in the largely independent Ottoman Barbary states of North Africa during the ear
The redemption (buying back) of Christian captives by Mercedarian friars in the Barbary states
The Barbary Coast
The slave market of Algiers in the early 17th century
Turk and clergyman with Christian slaves. Jan Luyken, 1684.
Sack of Baltimore
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The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – the raiders included Algerians a
Barbary slave trade
…he may be exaggerating.” Famous accounts of Barbary slave raids include a mention in the diary of Samuel Pepys and a raid on the coastal village of Baltimore, Ireland, during which pirates left with the entire populace of the settlement. The attack was led by a Dutch captain, Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, also…
Entrance to Baltimore bay
Baltimore Bay on the south coast