Slave raid of Suðuroy
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The Slave raid of Suðuroy was a slave raid by North African Barbary pirates that took place in the Faroe Islands in the summer of 1629. More than thirty people, mainly women and children, were taken f
Skansin fortress in Thorshavn
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
Slave raid of Suðuroy
…the Faroese population to defend themselves. Pirate raids continued throughout the 17th century, however no successful raids are noted until the 1660s. Sack of Baltimore Turkish Abductions…
Entrance to Baltimore bay
Slave market in Algiers, 1684
Baltimore Bay on the south coast