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Barbary Pirates & White Slavery

Between 1530 and 1780, it is estimated that 1.520.000 Europeans alone had been enslaved!

The term “barbarian” was coined by the Ancient Greeks to describe foreign cultures that couldn’t speak Greek

The term was used by various civilizations throughout history