Barbary captivity narratives denounced white slavery while ignoring American slavery

Evidence

There were failed efforts of abolitionists to use White slavery in the Barbary states to call for the end of Black slavery in America. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1409 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The Barbary Muslims are associated with the Barbary Coast of North Africa and piracy. Captivity stories, like the tales of American Indian kidnappings of white settlers, “emphasized the victimization of the Christian and the inhumanity of the non-Christian.” Muslims were described in these stories as the “Monsters of Africa” that were associated with the “powers of Darkness.” After appearing in literary narratives, these monsters quickly entered other fields of cultural production, eventually becoming popular villains in dime store novels and later, theme parks and films: In addition to the published historical accounts of slavery in North Africa, the Barbary captivity topos appeared in at least four early American novels, nine early plays, ten dime novels, and almost a dozen Hollywood movies. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 591 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Barbary captivity tales denounced white slavery while US chattel slavery rose. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 215; The Park51 fight revived the white-captivity narrative of the Barbary era — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 658; Barbary analogies failed to sway abolition of American Black slavery — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1409 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Barbary analogies failed to sway abolition of American Black slavery #corroborates (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1409
• Abolitionists invoked images of White slavery in Barbary to oppose Black slavery in America. #complicates (0.92)
• Barbary captivity stories framed Muslims as inhuman monsters of darkness in American culture #expands (0.80) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 591
• Barbary pirates enslaved hundreds of white American men between 1784 and 1816. #expands (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 505
• Barbary captivity narratives framed Muslims as monsters of darkness tied to Africa #expands (0.78)