FATHER PIERRE DAN: THE ORIGIN STORY OF HISTOIRE DE BARBARIE – PART 1
Father Pierre Dan, a French Trinitarian friar, was the author of one of the most comprehensive books on Barbary corsairs[…]
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OARED GALLEYS – THE STORY OF LA REAL: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Oared Galleys – The Story of La Real: Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
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OARED GALLEYS – THE STORY OF LA REAL: PART 1
When people think of Barbary corsairs, they often envision them in oared galleys massing to attack European sailing ships—rather like[…]
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SLAVERY IN NORTH AFRICA
Mostly, when we think of slavery, we think of it in terms of the Africans who were forcibly shipped across[…]
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