Following the revolution, American vessels in the Mediterranean were plundered and their crews thrown into slavery so frequently...
10 seconds sound clip from the Bullets or Ballots (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:01:52 in the radio play.
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- Uncle Sam paid eight hundred thousand dollars for the ransom of imprisoned sailors.
- Until our Navy, under Stephen Decatur, forever ended this racket of the Barbary pirates.
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