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| has gloss | eng: The Barbary Slave Trade refers to the slave markets which flourished on the Barbary Coast, or modern day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Western Libya between the 16th and 19th centuries. These markets prospered while the states were nominally under Ottoman rule, but in reality were mostly autonomous. Although the slave markets were filled by peoples from many places, they were distinct from other slave markets because they also sold European slaves, acquired through pirate raids on shipping or coastal towns and villages. The markets declined after the loss of the First and Second Barbary wars and ultimately ended when the entire area came under French rule. |
| lexicalization | eng: Barbary Slave Trade |
| instance of | (noun) a pirate along the Barbary Coast corsair, Barbary pirate |
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