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Revision as of 14:28, 14 March 2005 by Dabbler (talk | contribs) (Piracy was not the specific aim of this expedition.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Bombardment of Algiers took place on August 27, 1816. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers. Although there was a continuing campaign by various European and the American navies to suppress the piracy against Europeans by the North African Barbary states, the specific aim of this expedition was to free Christian slaves and to suppress the practice of slavery. In this end it was successful as the Dey of Algiers freed 1000 slaves following the bombardment.
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