What is Barbary Coast?
The '''Barbary Coast''', or Berber Coast, was the land of the [[Berber people]]. It was the name used by [[Europe|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 [[pirate]]s. They attacked ships and coastal towns. They stole goods and people to sell as slaves from [[Europe]], [[United States|America]] and [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>{{Cite news | first=Robert | last=Carver | title=Not so easy alliances: Two Faiths, One Banner: when Muslims marched with Christians across Europe's battlegrounds (book review) | url=http://www.thetablet.co.uk/review/442 | publisher=The Tablet | pages=24 | date=25 April 2009 | archive-date=20 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620191835/http://www.thetablet.co.uk/review/442 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Africa]]