1609 to 1616, Britons as Slaves.

1609 to 1616. Britons as Slaves: Admiralty records show that during this time Barbary Corsairs plundered British shipping at will, England lost 466 merchant ships to Barbary pirates during this time, and 27 vessels from near Plymouth in 1625. In the first half of the 1600s, Barbary corsairs (pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa), authorised by their governments to attack the shipping of Christian countries - ranged all around Britain's shores. In their lanteen-rigged Xebecs (a type of ship) and oared galleys, they grabbed ships and sailors, and sold thousands of sailors into slavery.
Barbary Corsairs, lanteen-rigged Xebecs (a type of ship).