I'm reading the book, White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves, and I came across something interesting. Most of the book follows the true story of a British kid who becomes a slave for twenty-three years to the sultan of Morocco. Ships from Morocco were nabbing ships from all over Europe, stealing the plunder and taking the Europeans captive to be sold as slaves in the North African cities of Algiers and Meknes.The Jihadis also raided the coast of Europe. They sometimes captured all the people of a random, isolated town along the coast — men, women, and children — and took them back to North Africa to be sold as slaves.
England's response to this was unbelievably weak. I'm only halfway through the book, but so far they have shown no backbone whatsoever. They make ineffective attempts to BUY their citizens back, and they make "peace agreements" which, of course, the Muslims ignore when they wish.
That's how the English were dealing with it. And it went on for over two hundred YEARS!
Yesterday I came across a comment on an online article detailing how the Dutch handled a similar situation. They had been paying off the Algerian Corsairs (Muslim pirates), but the Corsairs seized Dutch ships anyway.
So the Dutch sent a squadron of warships to the main harbor of Algiers. On the way there, they captured several Corsair ships and towed them into the harbor, and demanded all their Dutch citizens back or they would hang all the Jihadis from the Corsairs.
The pasha thought they were bluffing, so they hung all their Muslim captives and left the ships in the harbor and went out to find more. They towed in another batch of Corsairs and made the same demand.
And what do you think happened?
All Dutch slaves were immediately released by the Algerians.
3 comments:
presidents Jefferson and Madison sent the Marines...
unfortunately - we have no elected elites w/ the same strength of character-so-i've been informed -that the US has recently paid ransom (tribute)to the barbary pirates...i hope the info is incorrect...
I had no idea about the trade in white European & Colonialist slaves until the book "White Gold" was recommended at JihadWatch.
Pellow's story is captivating (forgive the pun) and it unexpectedly had me reeling for weeks - furious that our educators devote not even one second to explore let alone mention white slavery or the long history of Muhammedan slave trade.
I do recall mention of harems filled with beautiful women - but nothing about how they were abducted from infidel lands.
The story of "White Gold" also had me further explore the birth of the United States Marine Corp. - which by the way celebrated their 233rd birthday this week. Ooorah!
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
When Thomas Jefferson became US President in 1801, he had had interactions with rulers of the Barbary States of North Africa for at least fifteen years, first as Ambassador to France and then as Secretary of State to President George Washington. He and Congress were fed up with what they considered outrageous blackmail. The slogan of the day became: “Millions for defense, not a penny for tribute.” This was a change in tenor from President John Adams who declared in 1787: “We ought not to fight them at all, unless we determine to fight them forever.”*(sigh)
Congress immediately ended tributes. The Pasha Yusuf of Tripoli became enraged and, on May 10, 1801, declared war on the US, the beginning the “Tripolitan War,” also called the “Barbary Wars” of 1801-1805. The pasha’s allies in Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis followed suit. Jefferson, anticipating the pasha’s actions, had already informed Congress and sent three frigates (the President, the Philadelphia, and the Essex, and the war sloop Enterprise) under the command of Commodore Richard Dale to defend American interests in the Mediterranean.
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On this Veterans Day - a Tribute
HRW
The Dutch are now a bunch of pussies.
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