Churches in New England use to pass the plate an extra time to pay ransom for Yankee seamen taken captive while trading in the Mediterranean. Something they don’t teach Britney & Chad during public school Critical Race Theory indoctrination.
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. From the history I read Jefferson at first had a confused approach to the Barbary Pirates. He was seriously considering the British approach of appeasing the pirates, but in the end attacked their bases in North Africa. I also believe British Admiral Nelson also had enough of appeasement and sacked their headquarters as well.