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The Barbary Corsairs
The Barbary Corsairs

The Barbary Corsairs

7.7/10

0hr 51mins

Country:DE

2015

DocumentaryTV Movie
Spoken Languages: Deutsch

Overview:

In the 18th century, the Barbary threat became serious. In July 1785, two American boats were returned to Algiers; In the winter of 1793, eleven American ships, their crews in chains, were in the hands of the dey of Algiers. To ensure the freedom of movement of its commercial fleet, the United States was obliged to conclude treaties with the main Barbary states, paying considerable sums of money as a guarantee of non-aggression. With Morocco, treaty of 1786, 30,000 dollars; Tripoli, November 4, 1796, $56,000; Tunis, August 1797, 107,000 dollars. But the most expensive and the most humiliating was with the dey of Algiers, on September 5, 1795, “treaty of peace and friendship” which cost nearly a million dollars (including 525,000 in ransom for freed American slaves). , with an obligation to pay 20,000 dollars upon the arrival of each new consul and 17,000 dollars in annual gifts to senior Algerian officials...

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Taglicht Media, ARTE

Genre

Documentary, TV Movie

Runtime

0hr 51mins

Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

2015-10-31

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