This muslim form of extortion could be viewed like the old NYC mobs insurance policies of protection offered to small business merchants. For them it was cheaper and easier then paying for a military campaign. This was plain extortion, and stupidly other European nations paid the small ransom requests then sending out their Navies. As bribery scheme to stop these high seas crimes, these barbaric muslim pirates demanded an annual lump sum ransom and often times extorted countries to pay them in advance not to do it. The Barbary Coast of Africa had a history of kidnapping the crews of US merchant vessels, as well as other nations ships for ransoms. Commodities such as, agriculture and durable dry goods where often seen as easy targets for shipping predators of African Muslim states. By the early 1800’s, America’s small Navy was sailing the around the world trying to desperately protect it’s arboriculture, agriculture, and material exports.
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