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Kilmeade, Brian
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates Kilmeade, Brian
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The little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation.
Kilmeade, Brian, author. Yaeger, Don, author.
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. Over the previous fifteen years, as a diplomat and then as secretary of state, Jefferson had tried to work with the Barbary states (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco). Unfortunately, he found it impossible to negotiate with people who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy--at least not while easy money could be made by extorting America, France, England, and other powers. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of marines to blockade Tripoli--launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status.
Kilmeade, Brian, author, narrator. Yeager, Don, author. Kilmeade, Brian, narrator.
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary Coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of marines to blockade Tripoli, launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status.
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Kilmeade, Brian
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and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham Lincoln
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Kilmeade, Brian
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and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham Lincoln
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2023
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The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and
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Kilmeade, Brian
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The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and
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and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side
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and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side
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