The Barbary Wars were two wars between the fledgling United States and the Barbary States of North Africa, which are modern-day Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. The first war began in 1801 when pirates demanded tribute from merchant ships registered in America. The Second Barbara War was prosecuted in 1815 by President James Madison.
Regular Blogs
Shares details about the Barbary Wars, with posts about the most important engagements and a large bibliography in order to help students who use the blog to do their assignments.
http://www.barbarywarfare.com/blog
Presents details about America's first war, the Barbary Wars, and particularly focuses on Tobias Lear and William Eaton. Lear was President Thomas Jefferson's peace envoy in the Mediterranean during the wars and was responsible for negotiating the peace which ended the first war, while Eaton was both an army officer and a diplomat in the wars.
http://barbarywars.wordpress.com/
This weblog centers on the lives and deaths of the men on the USS Intrepid, an American ketch which was captured during the First Barbary War. It also includes other ships, plans, and attacks in Tripoli and patriots who fought in different eras such as John Paul Jones.
http://remembertheintrepid.blogspot.com/
