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#767 Pirates & Treaties

from 2009 by Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

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This week, President Thomas Jefferson talks about pirates during his time and ours. In 1801 Jefferson refused to pay "tributes" to pirates and sent warships instead. Also discussed is the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli written by the American diplomat Joel Barlow in 1796. Article 11 of the treaty reads:

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

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from 2009, track released May 3, 2009

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Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson

The Thomas Jefferson Hour is a weekly radio program dedicated to the search for truth in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson.

Nationally acclaimed humanities scholar and award-winning first-person interpreter of Thomas Jefferson, Clay S. Jenkinson, portrays Jefferson on the program, and he answers listener questions while in the persona of our third president.
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