Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...

Pirates is at National Maritime Museum in Greenwich 29 March 2025-4 January 2026. Adults £15, children £7.50. Various ...

Slaves may have seized territory, killed masters, and even overthrown colonial governments, but pirates and mutinous sailors never permanently crippled a British or French shipping route.

Usually referred to as Turks, these marauders were in the white slavery business ... It is thought to refer to Barbary pirates who operated off the Cornish coast at this time.

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...