Tunisian Envoy & The Barbary Pirates

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Tunisian Envoy & The Barbary Pirates

Barbary Pirates

Jefferson opposed paying ransom to the pirates since this appeasement could only lead to further demands.

Why? When America was a British colony the Royal Navy protected American Ships from the pirates and during the revolution America's alliance with France protected them but after the revolution America had to fend for herself.

Where? the Barbary Coast: Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers along the Mediterranean Sea

What? Pirates attacking American Ships off of the Northern Coast of Africa.

Tunisian Envoy

Demands

Ransom for captured American sailors

Annual tribute as insurance against piracy

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Purpose of Visit

To negotiate full restitotion for captured vessels

To levy for future tributes