American senator Charles Sumner. The American senator was determined to depict North Africa as a replica of these states, which fought a civil war against the North. Charles SumnerThe comments of Sumner on the features of resemblance between these Confederate states and North Africa did not stop there. In his book «White Slavery in the Barbary States» (J. P. Jewett, 1853), Charles Sumner slammed the North African Kingdom for maintaining slavery. He has even used the word ‘Barbary’ (from Barbary states), to describe these states, calling them the «Barbary States of America».

Source: The North Africa Journal July 05, 2019 12:11 UTC