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CHAPTER VI Diplomacy of Aggression, 1784-1789 247 1. Maritime Tensions and Diplomatic Failures in early Algerian-American 249 Relations 1. 1. The Captives in early Algerian-American Diplomacy 249 1. 2. Aspects of Contempt and Duplicity in American Diplomacy 255 1. 3. The ‘Algerine Scare’ 260 2. Anti-Algerian Attitudes in early American Diplomacy 266 2. 1. An Aggressive Yankee in a Barbary Court 267 2. 2. A Predilection for Enmity 272 3. Aggression against Algiers: A Founding Pillar of ‘New Diplomacy’ 281 3. 1. Algerian Friendly Attitudes 282 3. 2. American Aggression Designs 285 CHAPTER VII The Peace Treaty of 1795 and Aftermath 295 1. The Road to a Peace between Algiers and the United States 296 1. 1. Peace Negotiations Reconsidered 297 1. 2. The Algiers-Portugal Truce, 1793 1. 2. 1. Algiers Relations with Europe in 1793 1. 2. 2. Diplomatic Ramifications 302 304 306 2. A Peace Treaty at Last! 310 2. 1. An Extraordinary Envoy at Negotiations 311 2. 2. A Treaty of Peace and Amity, 1795 316 3. A Fragile Peace: the Treaty of 1795 at Stake 323 3. 1. Insatiable Greed 323 3. 2. Perfidious Americans 324 xi
CHAPTER VIII The Advent of Gunboat Diplomacy, 1798-1816 335 1. American Divergent Views: ‘Money Bags’ Versus ‘Cannon Balls’ 337 1. 1. The Beginning of Tensions 337 1. 2. Further Friction: an ‘Algerine Flag’ atop an American Battleship 343 2. Algiers-United States Diplomatic Relations: From Crises to Gunboats 350 2. 1. The Crisis of 1807 351 2. 2. The Crisis of 1812 355 2. 3. American Gunboats in Action, 1815-1816 360 3. Algiers in American Gunboat Diplomacy 370 3. 1. Background and Definition of ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’ 370 3. 2. The Second ‘Barbary War’, 1815-1816: An early Case of Gunboat 373 Diplomacy in American Foreign Policy Conclusions 387 Bibliography 406 Appendices Glossary xii
Page 1 and 2: REPUBLIQUE ALGERIENNE DEMOCRATIQUE
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I wo
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ASP/FA Americ
Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Dedicatio
Page 9: Part Two Algiers in early American
Page 13 and 14: corsairing from within the context
Page 15 and 16: situated in the United States or Eu
Page 17 and 18: At a time the clash between Islam a
Page 19 and 20: may interrupt the flow of reading,
Page 21 and 22: elations with the United States cou
Page 23 and 24: Finally, other series cover miscell
Page 25 and 26: the same way the Mediterranean syst
Page 27 and 28: Part One Algiers in European Diplom
Page 29 and 30: States in the 1770s down to the con
Page 31 and 32: the Ottoman Empire. Then, he set ou
Page 33 and 34: Mamalik Sultans, the Crusaders were
Page 35 and 36: Maghrib, corresponding to nowadays
Page 37 and 38: with the aim of imposing vassalage
Page 39 and 40: 1. 3. The Spaniards in North Africa
Page 41 and 42: western writers emphatically invoke
Page 43 and 44: fighting for Christian faith agains
Page 45 and 46: 1. 3. 2. Crusades in North Africa T
Page 47 and 48: In 1541, Charles V headed an Armada
Page 49 and 50: Spanish Expeditions against Algiers
Page 51 and 52: 2. 1. The Coming of the Turks The f
Page 53 and 54: Penon. The failure of the cannonade
Page 55 and 56: Mediterranean against the Habsburg
Page 57 and 58: Once in control of the land, Khayre
Page 59 and 60: part of the Ottoman fleet. While th
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In addition to Turks, the crews inc
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the Battle of Djerba (1560), the si
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One finds himself here far from the
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counted 70 vessels. One hundred yea
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Netherlands or via Jew brokers at L
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Murad Rais, pushed corsairing out o
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Spanish mobilized Christendom and l
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Barbary Coast. 2 Alleging piracy an
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chasing vessels on the high sea; wh
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Faced with such aggressiveness, Alg
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established perceptions, goes furth
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(barba’rei or ‏(بربري exis
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meaning a person speaking beneath h
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Christian corsairs. Hence, accordin
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asis for a variety of programs and
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freedom of navigation. Slavery was
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however, the pace of capture and en
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slaves. 71 However, in the absence
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2. The Legal Context of Corsairing
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confronts when looking into diploma
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corsairing. 79 Therefore, it is obv
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shipping, they operated like pirate
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“commission of war from some fore
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may be seen as “a cost-efficient
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shores of the Mediterranean, the wo
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This confusion in legal interpretat
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fanatics who had already sworn enmi
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treaties. 130 Not recognizing Algie
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harm” or nothing more than a “p
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were sometimes harsh—and in that
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these treaties survived for more th
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Other developments affected Algiers
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Ireland, for example, became within
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privileges, was going to recur to t
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at Algiers. Later, the government a
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utter. For this reason, visits of A
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council of prizes, were sold by auc
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elations between Algiers and wester
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2. 1. Sovereignty The nature of the
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destruction of the Algerian fleet w
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compensation for the occupation of
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small in numbers to settle conquere
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the return of Algerian captives ens
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Christians’ enslavement at a time
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1624. 78 Third, it tells also that
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Table 4: Treaties of Peace and Comm
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Table 5: European Naval Expeditions
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3. Decline of Corsairing Diplomacy
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privateering, was not officially ab
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precisely the best landing place fo
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The renegades largely contributed t
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At about the same period, i.e.: beg
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Europe and Algiers. 112 More, as ne
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principles of free access to ports
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Part Two Algiers in early American
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y religious antagonism and struggle
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also did it with the view of making
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Furthermore, the expulsion of tradi
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legally, they did not hesitate to c
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the Sublime Porte opened the gate w
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1622. England’s relations with Al
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adventurers who were roaming in the
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“would, it is more than probable,
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was taken by the utmost seriousness
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“could still seek their fortunes
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But Owing to hostilities triggered
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“jingoistic and melioristic” Am
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Worst, at a time Algerian corsairs
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American commissioner who throughou
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void because they emanated from a n
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is shown here by Franklin’s gratu
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Algiers particularly as a “pettif
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independence, the Continental Congr
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Franklin, John Dickenson, Thomas Je
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his letter book more than did the D
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Congress (Art. 2). More, the delega
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ulers of Algiers to doubt American
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Conclusion The Ocean fashioned the
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CHAPTER V American Commercial Diplo
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the Americans, the Europeans were k
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diplomacy’. Barbary, then, became
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trade against the North African sta
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and neutrality of shipping—contin
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Once on the field, Franklin wrote c
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markets and consequently economic p
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American diplomatic relations becau
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further French intervention on thei
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earlier sniveling fears and accusat
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Dutch side what had already been de
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the part of that state or its subje
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If the British government suffered
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esources, and so contemptible, that
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of the existing ‘balance of power
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encouraged the piratical states to
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Britain and France and makes them r
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Then, it was only when the American
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every ten years according to custom
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according to which the draft treati
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American agents, however, without i
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American vessels, Britain hoped to
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Passports seemed not to bother the
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Algiers, and for other reasons, was
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was instructed to redeem cheap on t
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supreme admiral of the Algerian nav
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proper in a matter of bargain.” 3
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edemption, and promise of Lamb to
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leave favorable impressions at Algi
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the states warning against travel t
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d’Affaires Guillaume Otto to writ
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2. Anti-Algerian Attitudes in early
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American turned up at his court he
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His unguarded expressions, his hint
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Lamb’s first option was not heele
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extermination of that “race of se
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But, he carried on, “when they ta
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Finally, comparing the total cost o
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conclusion of a peace treaty with A
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New Diplomacy, combining self-cente
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Dey. That was noted by the American
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if there is a probability of a war,
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prepare to support such of the frig
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“union of force” open to Europe
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ecomes even more amazing when in th
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given American predilection for agg
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Meanwhile at Algiers, Dey Muhammed
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edemption of the remaining captives
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the Swedish consul at Algiers and r
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O’Brien letter supported the Swed
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1. 2. 1. Algiers Relations with Eur
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Portugal with Algiers, Britain migh
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Affairs, with respect to the truce.
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personally written to him.” 47 Th
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1796. 55 Meanwhile, Humphreys instr
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presents on the arrival of an Ambas
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ut diplomatically they were conside
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Treaty of Peace and Commerce with A
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passport issued by the United State
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known as the Naval Act of 1794, whi
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the mouth of hell, if the Devil was
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April 3, the Dey announced that, as
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that money for redeeming American p
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called a ‘string of lies.’ Many
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Table 7: Estimated Cost of the Trea
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concluded rapidly. The treaty grant
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the source of much dissatisfaction
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egency, or from the misconduct of o
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specifying that the United States h
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Eaton’s vehemence rose even more
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But the events that unfolded at its
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As annual payments in naval materia
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I explained to you, sir, that it wa
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2. Algiers-United States Diplomatic
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Madison, his Secretary of State, ag
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Lear would be able to prevail on th
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dated August 1810. 73 Despite that,
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treaty was sacred and that was agre
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those very weaknesses. 88 Consequen
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the war with France had just ended,
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justified by a belief in the moral
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On June 28, the squadron arrived at
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the Estedio. 118 In early April 181
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Monroe had played a prominent role
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armada and that of 1784 met the sam
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dated April 10, 1815. 138 The commi
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the United States “must hold the
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For sure, there were a number of al
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demonstration of American skill and
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Conclusion Although Algiers and the
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Table 10: The United States and Alg
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Timeline, 1776-1816 (continued) 180
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The conservative observers, however
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Appraisal of the long history of Al
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corsairing and its related activiti
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statutes and treaties. In this capa
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distinction between corsairing and
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altered the geopolitical concerns o
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and for over than two hundred years
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the weak finances of the Confederat
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use of gunboat diplomacy resulted i
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BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Primary Sources 1.
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2. Unofficial Printed Collections A
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3. Autobiographies, Memoirs, Journa
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Holbrook, Samuel F. Threescore Year
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Cordingly, David ed. Pirates: Terro
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Lambert, Frank. The Barbary Wars: A
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Suppression of White Christian Slav
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Guilmartin, John F. Jr., “The Tac
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_____. “The United States and the
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_____. “El Cid: Moslems and Chris
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Hale, William H. “‘General’
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MacLeod, Julia H. “Jefferson and
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Rose, Susan. “Islam versus Christ
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Weiss, Gillian. “Imagining Europe
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_____. “George Washington, Thomas
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Finnemore, John. Barbary Rovers, 19
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Pipes, Daniel. “In 1796 US Vowed
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Maynadies, Michel. Bibliographie Al
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intreated and grievously vexed, We
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Appendix 2 A. Treaty between Great
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other of His Majesty’s roads, hav
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Appendix 3 Plan of a Treaty with Fr
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not assist Great Britain in such wa
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Appendix 5 Adams-Jefferson Exchange
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those people is ineffectual, I urge
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consequently at the mercy of foreig
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and because all those powers are re
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Appendix 8 Hassan Dey of Algiers to
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Appendix 9 Treaty of Peace and Amit
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having a Regular pass-port Specifyi
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Appendix 10 A. Dey Hassan to George
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Appendix 11 Mediterranean Passport
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Silsbee, of that place, while on a
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In coming before the town it is usu
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Appendix 14 Treaty of Peace and Ami
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furnished at the market price, and
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of the United States, and the citiz
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said Admiral, your servant, all tha
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amicable sentiments towards the Uni
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understanding between them and the
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était d’aussi bonne prise que le
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GLOSSARY Agha Al-Jizya Armada Beyle
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Parias Pasha Peñón Presidio Qaid
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