and Second Barbary Wars against the pirates and the region was conquered by France, putting an end to the trade by the 1830s.

Most of the captives were seamen and crews who were taken with their ships, but there were also many fishermen and coastal villagers who were captured. The majority of these captives were people from countries around the Mediterranean, especially Italy.

Extent

The authorities of Ottoman and pre-Ottoman

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