General Works
- “The Jeffersonian Idea of National Security: Commerce, the Atlantic Balance of Power, and the Barbary War, 1786-1805,”
- James R. Sofka. Diplomatic History 21(4), Fall 1997, 519-544.
- The Middle East and the Making of the United States, 1776 to 1815
- Michael B. Oren. Text of speech deliverd at Columbia University, November 3, 2005.
- The United States' War with Tripoli (1801-05) and the War on Terrorism (2001-)
- Michael J. Crawford. Early History Branch, Naval Historical Center. Brief essay.
Official Documents
- Treaties with the Barbary Powers: 1786-1836
- Online texts, translations, and Hunter Miller’s notes (1931) relating to the Barbary treaties. Also includes related U.S. statutes and Congressional resolutions. Part of the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
- American State Papers: 1789-1838
- Over 6300 digitized official political documents, including every extant legislative and executive document of the first 14 U.S. Congresses (1789-1838). Also includes the speeches and messages of Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison.
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Captivity Narratives
- White Slaves, African Masters: An Anthology of American Barbary Captivity Narratives
- Edited by Paul Baepler. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- Dana Call Number: HT1345 .W47 1999
- An Historical and Geographical Account of Algiers: Containing a Circumstantial and Interesting Detail of Events Relative to the American Captives, Taken From Their Own Testimony
- James Wilson Stephens. 2d edition. Brooklyn, Printed by Thomas Kirk, for Alexander Brodie. 1800.
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- To find other captivity narratives search The Catalog using WORDS anywhere
(AFRICA or ALGERIA) and CAPTIVITY NARRATIVES
Literary Works
- The American Captive, or Siege of Tripoli. A Drama in Five Acts
- James Ellison. Boston, Joshua Belcher, 1812.
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