Tag Archives: the Barbary Coast of the Mediterranean

Jefferson, Madison and Mellimelli

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Feather Foster

Piracy was not new in 1800. It had been around for centuries. The Barbary Pirates For centuries, North African countries then part of the Ottoman Empire, augmented their respective economies by state-sponsoring rogue pirates to plague commercial shipping on the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: A Book Review

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates has been sitting on the Best Seller list for several weeks now, and hooray! It does exactly what it wants to accomplish: interest the reader in an informative-but-not-didactic manner, and prove the point that … Continue reading →

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