Barbary Coast

The Barbary Coast, or Berber Coast, was the land of the Berber people. It was the name used by Europeans from the 16th to the 19th century. It was the coast of North Africa – what is now Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. 

This area was used by Arab and Berber pirates. They attacked ships and coastal towns. They stole goods and people from Europe, America and sub-Saharan Africa and sold them in the Barbary slave trade.

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Category:Geography of Africa