To: longnshort who wrote (567378 ) 5/21/2010 12:43:17 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to Pirate raids for the acquisition of slaves occurred in towns and villages on the African Atlantic seaboard, as well as in Europe. Reports of Barbary raids and kidnappings of those in Italy, Spain, Portugal, England, Ireland, Scotland as far north as Iceland exist from between the 16th to the 19th centuries. It is estimated that between 1 million and 1.25 million Europeans were captured by pirates and sold as slaves during this time period[1]. Famous accounts of Barbary slave raids include a mention in the Diary of Samuel Pepys and a raid on the coastal village of Baltimore, Ireland, during which pirates left with the entire populace of the settlement. Such raids in the Mediterrean were so frequent and devastating that the coastline between Venice to Malaga[2] suffered widespread depopulation , and settlement there was discouraged. In fact, it was said that this was largely because 'there was no one left to capture any longer'[3]. The power and influence of these pirates during this time was such that nations including the United States of America paid tribute in order to stave off their attacks[4].en.wikipedia.org In addition, Muslims have been taking slaves from sub-Saharan Africa for 1000+ years and it's still happening on a low level. It was the rise of Europe that stopped Muslim slave raids on Europeans.
