Barbary corsairs
North African raiders
Barbary corsairs were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa's Barbary Coast—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya—from the 16th through early 19th centuries.
They raided European coastal towns and captured ships, taking captives for ransom or slavery.
The term appears in historical contexts: The Barbary corsairs terrorized Mediterranean shipping for three centuries.
- AlgiersCapital of largest African nation
- renegadesTraitors to a cause
- privateeringLicensed wartime ship seizure
- TunisNorth African capital city
- Barbary CoastHistoric pirate-infested African shoreline
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