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carrying away over 100 villagers into slavery. Entire towns on the English coast paid "protection money" to the Pasha of Algias to avoid being kidnapped.

This brings us to a famous line in the : "To the shores of Tripoli." moor pirates

To be clear, "Moor" is a broad, somewhat outdated term. Historically, Europeans used it to describe the Muslim, Berber, and Arab peoples of North Africa and Spain. But the pirates we’re discussing today—often called the —were a terrifying and sophisticated naval force that held the Mediterranean and even the Atlantic hostage. carrying away over 100 villagers into slavery