In 1631, Barbary pirates abducted 107 people from an Iris...

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One night in 1631, pirates from the Barbary coast stole ashore at the little Irish village of Baltimore and abducted 107 people to a life of slavery in Algiers — a rare instance of African raiders seizing white slaves from the British Isles. https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/in-1631-barbary-pirates-abduc.html

In 1631, Barbary pirates abducted 107 people from an Irish village and forced them into a life of slavery | Boing Boing

One night in 1631, pirates from the Barbary coast stole ashore at the little Irish village of Baltimore and abducted 107 people to a life of slavery in Algiers — a rare instance of African ra…

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