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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The War that Changed American History
By KILMEADE, Brian & Don Yaeger
- ISBN
- 9780425288955
- Publisher
- Viking
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Reviewed on February 1, 2020 | Middle To High School
Gr 7 Up—When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, the Barbary pirates had been preying on merchant ships sailing in the Mediterranean's international waters for centuries. Barbary pirates were from the North African countries of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Nations (Great Britain and France) either had to pay exorbitant bribes or suffer the losses inflicted when the pirates raided their ships. In the 1790s, America made peace agreements with Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli that mandated paying the equivalent of on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
