The Barbary Corsairs (2015-10-31)
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In the 18th century, the Barbary threat became serious. In July 1785, two American boats were returned to Algiers; In the winter of 1793, eleven American ships, their crews in chains, were in the hands of the dey of Algiers. To ensure the freedom of movement of its commercial fleet, the United States was obliged to conclude treaties with the main Barbary states, paying considerable sums of money as a guarantee of non-aggression. With Morocco, treaty of 1786, 30,000 dollars; Tripoli, November 4, 1796, $56,000; Tunis, August 1797, 107,000 dollars. But the most expensive and the most humiliating was with the dey of Algiers, on September 5, 1795, “treaty of peace and friendship” which cost nearly a million dollars (including 525,000 in ransom for freed American slaves). , with an obligation to pay 20,000 dollars upon the arrival of each new consul and 17,000 dollars in annual gifts to senior Algerian officials...
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Status: Released
Release Date: 2015-10-31
Runtime: 0h 51m
Director: Robert Schotter
Writer: Robert Schotter, Christoph Weinert
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Manou Lubowski
Stephen Decatur
Alexander von der Groeben
Hark Olufs (old)
Timur Bartels
Hark Olufs (young)
Leon Boden
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