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Angela Sutton is working on her PhD in Atlantic History at Vanderbilt University. In her doctoral dissertation, she uses 17th century Dutch, English, and German sources to investigate piracy and the culture of lawlessness surrounding the Atlantic slave trade in Africa and the Americas. Angela has recently joined the editorial team of History Compass Exchanges. Her articles are available online at http://historycompass.wordpress.com/.
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Atlantic Orientalism: How Language in Jefferson’s America Defeated the Barbary Pirates

by Angela Sutton • 20 Dec 09
Journal: Issues | Pirates and Piracy [5]

“In this work, I have most attempted a full description of the many hellish torments and punishments those piratical sea-rovers invent and inflict on the unfortunate Christians who may by chance unhappily fall into their hands…”[1] wrote John Foss, an…