AncientOrigins- Much attention and condemnation has been directed towards the tragedy of the African slave trade, which took place between the 16th and the 19th centuries. However, another equally despicable trade in humans was taking place around the same time in the Mediterranean. It is estimated that up to 1.25 million Europeans were enslaved by the so-called Barbary corsairs, and their lives were just as pitiful as their African counterparts. They have come to be known as the white slaves of Barbary.
h/t MJA
An exciting book: Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King
“Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men – who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes that roamed the desert on camelback – is made indelibly vivid in this gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.”
I recently read the book White Cargo. My ancestors the Irish were enslaved. Where do I apply for reparations? Oh and what flag do I demand to be taken down?
Forgotten History of white privilege.
Alright, this gives us right to demand this the black flag of isis flying over the white hut has to come down and get the black fag of isis out of the white hut.
I thought it was Lena Dunham from the immoral show girls
right on the money. i am impressed ..
All true, also when muslims occupied non-muslim lands such as southern europe and southern asia, they imposed a heavy tax on non-muslims called the jizya. If you couldn’t pay either you or your chlldren were taken as slaves.
Hey, not fair! My wife told me that white male husbands were still under the obligations of historical slave protocols! And if we didn’t obey them, B. Hussein Obama and his enforcement mafia would come down hard on us and punish us with many more years of the hard labor necessary to fund his lazy, unproductive and diverse faction of free-loaders (with a few million illegals thrown in).
The effin nigbies want reparations? Fine. Get reparations from the Muslim slave traders in Africa. But before the first check is cashed, every single government agency that has paid out welfare to blacks has to be repaid with interest. Every single jail and prison cell containing a black has to be reimbursed. Every single hospital that didn’t get paid from a black gang banging welfare rat has to be repaid with interest. Every black family in America who lost a loved one, murdered by another black, needs to be compensated. Every non black person who was denied entry into schools because of Affirmative Action? Pay them back with treble damages plus attorney fees. Every employer who was sued because of a frivolous race based law suit should get all their money back plus interest and treble damages. How’s this for a start?
They don’t qualify legally for reparation but do have a strong case for repatriation! The Muslim states should pay all relocation expenses!
That article never mentioned the US Marines kicking their asses. What gives?
I remember David Barton on Beck’s show talking about all the Irish that came to the US as indentured servants. Most landed in NYC, which is why St. Paddy’s Day is so big there.