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Barbary Coast

Also known as Barbary

The Barbary Coast was the name used by Europeans from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, from Morocco through Algiers and Tunis to Tripoli. The term derives from the Berbers. Its ports were home to the Barbary corsairs, who raided shipping and coasts and took captives for ransom or slavery until the French conquest of Algiers in 1830 ended the practice.

Barbary Coast
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Barbary Coast. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/barbary-coast
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