The wars against the Barbary pirates not only signaled the determination of the United States to throw off its tributary status, liberate its citizens from slav

Jefferson, and the terrorists were the Barbary pirates of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.

The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary Coa

C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa. That’s