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The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders.
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Sack of Baltimore
1631 raid by Barbary slave traders on Baltimore, County Cork, Kingdom of Ireland
The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – the raiders included Dutchmen, Algerians, and Ottoman Turks. The attack was the largest by Barbary slave…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Baltimore, County Cork
Village in County Cork, Ireland
Baltimore is a village in western County Cork, Ireland. It is the main village in the parish of Rathmore and the Islands, the southernmost parish in Ireland. It is the main ferry port to Sherkin Island, Cape Clear Island and the eastern side of Roaring Water Bay and Carbery's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Barbary slave trade
Slave markets in North Africa
The Barbary slave trade involved the capture and selling of European slaves at slave markets in the largely independent Ottoman Barbary states. European slaves were captured by Barbary pirates in slave raids on ships from Barbary corsairs and by raids on coastal towns from Italy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)