Barbary pirates enslaved hundreds of white American men between 1784 and 1816.

Evidence

Barbary pirates captured at least thirty-six American merchant ships and one naval ship, resulting in the enslavement of four hundred to seven hundred (White) American men. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 505

Categorization

• CANDY: A striking dinner-party fact: white Americans were themselves enslaved by North African pirates in the early republic.
• XREF: connects to: Barbary captivity narratives denounced white slavery while ignoring American slavery