This week on the Lectures and History podcast, Carol College Professor Jeanette Fuglia

chronicles the conflict between the Barbary pirates and American ships during the 18th and 19th century.

Professor Fagulia examines how the United States responded to piracy in the Mediterranean

and the role those clashes played

in shaping early American foreign policy. More in a moment.

First slide, you can see where we're going today. We're going to be talking, and there's a mistake.

There's a mistake on the slide.

The Barbary Pirates were not what?

They were not.

Pirates.

Pirates.

What were they?

Corsairs.

They were Corsairs.

And what's the difference? You all know this because we've talked about it.

They're like privateers.

They're sponsored by who?

Corsairs are privateers technically, but they're in the Mediterranean, right?

That's correct.

And so they sail because they are sponsored by...

Like their governments?

Yes, they're governments, right?

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