Barbary States
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Jay reporting on their conversation in London with the ambassador from Tripoli regarding piracy by the Barbary States:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2015
For years, the Barbary States of North Africa -- Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli -- had been attacking vessels in the Mediterranean, capturing crews and holding them hostage until a ransom was paid.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2011
He is described as a blackamore, which means he’s from northwest Africa, from the Barbary States.
From National Geographic
Over the next few years, all four of the Barbary States signed treaties with America renouncing piracy, kidnapping and blackmail.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Barbary States, which border upon the Mediterranean Sea, there is an extensive cultivation of grain.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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