A while back the history channel ran a show about some American sailors captued after a shipwreck off the west coast of north africa. They were captured by muslims and forced to walk across the sahara and back. They eventually found an american in Morocco who “bought” at least a couple of them.
I’m pretty sure that one of them wrote a book about the ordeal but I can’t recall his name right now. I’ll do some digging.
James Riley is the name I was looking for. Captured in 1815 and held for 18 months.
http://famousamericans.net/jamesriley/
Jefferson did not have to deal with the MSM.
americans had balls then.
not today with rosie and oprah running tv viewers’ brains.
or lack of brains.
Who were the first to attack us as a soverign nation? Yep the Muslims.
BUMP
Ping for later reading.
At one point, Jefferson hoped that John Paul Jones, naval hero of the Revolution, might assume command of a squadron that would strike fear into the Barbary pirates. While ambassador in Paris, Jefferson had secured Jones a commission with Empress Catherine of Russia, who used him in the Black Sea to harry the Ottomans, the ultimate authority over Barbary.
But Jones died before realizing his dream of going to the source and attacking Constantinople. The task of ordering war fell to Jefferson.
I NEED FREEPERS’ HELP HERE!!!!
There is this book called “A History of Islam In America,” and there is some online Christian bookstore which is selling it. I saw it in another thread in Free Republic a few months ago. But I have been unable to find the bookstore or the book itself.
Do any Freepers know where I can find this book?
Excellent post. Thanks.
And 230 years later, the United States Marines are still kicking the Shiite out of Muslims.
Thanks george76 for the ping.