ISSUE 163 - July 5, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
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American Field Trip: The U.S.S. Constitution—
Charlestown, Mass.
by Brian C. Baur
Following the Revolutionary War, the newly independent United States of America discovered that her future security demanded that she conduct commerce and trade with the rest of the world, and especially in the Mediterranean regions.
But like other nations, the merchant ships of the U.S. were vulnerable to attack and capture by Barbary Pirates off North Africa. The pirates' faster Corsair ships easily overtook foreign merchant ships and captured them, enslaving their crews and demanding that . . . .
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