Posted on 08/19/2010 6:43:46 AM PDT by AccuracyAcademia
One of the points of contention in recent textbook battles in Texas is the issue of slavery and how it will be explored in classrooms. Those opposed to revision argue that it will be whitewashed.
Actually, if the complete history of slavery were explored, those purists might be surprised at what they find. For one thing, few texts even mention the enslavement of Christians by Muslims. “The Barbary pirates, using what would now be called a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam as their pretext, regularly kidnapped Christian livestock from Italy, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica and from the ships of all nations sailing the Mediterranean,” historian Paul Johnson wrote in The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830. “In the 17th Century their corsairs had cruised in the waters of Northern Europe as well and at one time Algiers had held as many as 25,000 white Christians as slaves.”
“In late August 1816, a combined British and Dutch fleet under the command of Lord Exmouth (formerly Sir Edward Pellew) followed the example of Commodore Stephen Decatur, forcing a peace at the mouth of a cannon,” historian Joshua E. London writes in Victory in Tripoli: How America’s War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U. S. Navy and Shaped a Nation. “This armada unleashed hell upon Algiers, destroying most of the coastal side of the city, as well as most of its navy and marina.”
“The dey accepted all of Lord Exmouth’s demands.” The deys were potentates who ran Algiers. “More than eleven hundred Christian captives were released from slavery, and the dey agreed to abolish Christian slavery in Algiers forever,” London reports.
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Good article! Thank you.
Thank you!
Wonderful article, thank you.
huh, muslims enslaving Christans.
who woulda thought......
Many thanks!
Let’s not forget the Barbary Coast War in which the young United States defeated these pirates.
Semper Fidelis!
“The Barbary pirates, using what would now be called a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam as their pretext, regularly kidnapped Christian livestock from Italy, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica” ... and Ireland and England and Iceland.
As the White House makes debt slaves out of our grandchildren... Santayana was neer more right.
neer=never
Force is the only thing these Mohammedans understand. Why don't the elites understand this?
…whitewashed…
Cute use of words, nice real nice!
Now for an update for those which have hid behind race mongering or its fear of accusation.
Yes, Thomas Jefferson knew this well. Every group has endured slavery…and survived; the only ones who have not done well are those which use it as political identity or associate with ideologies which do not promote triumph of individual freedoms, self reliance and responsibility, followed by education and value to a productive society. We can look around the globe to see prime examples.
“Millions for defense, but not one penny for tribute”
Perhaps there’s a need for a Paul Johnson scale history of Islam.
People forget or don’t know that word “Slave” come from the the word “Slav” IE people of slavic origins
Don’t overlook that muslims also enslaved black Africans-and in a few cases, still do today. But the insidious Farrakhan insists it’s all the Joooos fault.
Slavery is a tenet of Islam and has been since its inception.
They should teach the full history of slavery. I think that if you look back into history, pretty much every people on this planet has both practiced and been a victim of slavery to some extent. Neither Americans nor Africans are special in that regard. In fact, Americans, being one of the earliest countries in the world to abolish the practice of slavery, probably aught to be given some credit.
Thomas Sowell has written considerably about slavery.
If one has a genuine interest, I am sure searching Thomas Sowell and slavery will yield excellent results. I use dogpile but any search engine will yield similar links.
Excellent point; Islam is what it is and there is no variation within its philosophy, doctrine, or behavior.
Islam is Islam; there is NO such thing as Radical Islam versus Traditional Islam versus Passive Islam.
Although, Muslims say they may not agree with the tactics; but they agree with the goals of supremacy. Further, Islam has a built in failsafe, to kill those that are apostate or disagree.
Islam is nothing more than a military and quasi-governmental movement, disguised as a religion to control its population. The closest frame work to Islam is Communism, Nazism or Political Environmentalism; could they be considered religion based on faith and fallacy.
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