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9

The Corsairs of the Maghreb

Lecture no. 9 from the course: The Real History of Pirates

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Taught by Professor Manushag N. Powell | 29 min | Categories: History

The privateers of the northern African coast, called corsairs, were commissioned by their governments to make war primarily against non-Muslims and did not consider themselves to be pirates—although the English certainly thought of them that way. Learn why the English eventually found it easier to negotiate with the Barbary powers than to fight the corsairs at sea.

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