The Barbary Wars: When Europeans Were the Slaves

For three hundred years, the Barbary Wars were building toward a moment nobody expected: the most powerful navies on Earth knew exactly who was raiding the coastlines of Europe, capturing entire villages, and selling white men, women, and children into slavery across North Africa. This is the full story of the Barbary pirates, the tribute system that let Europe's great empires buy selective safety at the expense of the weak, and the one nation, too new and too poor to pay like everyone else, that finally refused. This is the story of the Barbary corsairs, the tribute system that let Europe's great empires buy selective safety at the expense of the weak, and the one nation, too new and too poor to pay like everyone else, that finally refused. From the sack of Baltimore in Ireland to the slave markets of Algiers, from Stephen Decatur's raid into Tripoli harbor to William Eaton's five hundred mile march across the Libyan desert, this is the full story of how the Barbary Wars actually happened, and what it really took to bring three centuries of raiding to an end. CHAPTERS 00:00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:53:15 – Into the Corsairs' World 00:07:34:11 – Three Hundred Years of the Toll 00:17:12:13 – Baltimore 00:23:48:09 – What Happened After the Auction Block 00:30:02:02 – A New Nation, Undefended 00:38:10:22 – The Price Keeps Rising 00:46:09:13 – Jefferson Says No 00:55:11:02 – The Philadelphia 01:04:01:20 – The March on Derna 01:12:54:23 – An Uneasy Peace 01:20:05:02 – The Last Toll Music: "Calmant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Cylinder Five" by Chris Zabriskie Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ "Peaceful Desolation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Cylinder Two" by Chris Zabriskie Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ "Heartwarming" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #BarbaryPirates #BarbaryWars #ThomasJefferson #NavalHistory #USHistory