Barbary corsairs—the name for both the ships and those who crewed them—were privateers who sailed for several countries along ...

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

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack ... American merchant ships were victims of unceasing harassment.

known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ransom and subsequently protection money in the form of tribute from the U.S.