The muslims/Barbary Pirates were snatching slaves 1/2 a century earlier than the English. In fact, the Barbary Pirates once snatched a whole island of 5000 people off the coast of Malta in 1551. Gone.
The English would later pay the musilm nations tribute to leave English ships alone. This proved the Barbary Pirates were just an extension of the muslim countries. Since America won the revolution, our ships were no longer safe from the English tribute.
Hence the Marine Corps anthem "to the seas of Tripoli." We ended the Barbary Pirates career. Fast forward 200 hundred years and we see the Obama administration's disastrous Libya campaign reignite it.
Rum and sugar trade. This led to one of the reasons they built such a large navy. Keep in mind the poor coastal towns were the ones being raided....so the monarchy didn't care too much. Like the Democrats and their apathy to the inner cities. If it isnt affecting them personally, then they don't care.
The muslims/Barbary Pirates were snatching slaves 1/2 a century earlier than the English. In fact, the Barbary Pirates once snatched a whole island of 5000 people off the coast of Malta in 1551. Gone.
The English would later pay the musilm nations tribute to leave English ships alone. This proved the Barbary Pirates were just an extension of the muslim countries. Since America won the revolution, our ships were no longer safe from the English tribute.
Hence the Marine Corps anthem "to the seas of Tripoli." We ended the Barbary Pirates career. Fast forward 200 hundred years and we see the Obama administration's disastrous Libya campaign reignite it.
What was the British navy doing then?
Rum and sugar trade. This led to one of the reasons they built such a large navy. Keep in mind the poor coastal towns were the ones being raided....so the monarchy didn't care too much. Like the Democrats and their apathy to the inner cities. If it isnt affecting them personally, then they don't care.
Don't forget the leader of the Jamestown colony, John Smith of Pocahontas fame, was an escaped slave himself.
Where are my reparations?