Near what sea were the Barbary States located?
Barbary treaties: The Barbary Treaties refer to several treaties between the United States of America and the semi-autonomous North African city-states of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, known collectively as the Barbary States. Algiers:  Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria.
Mediterranean Sea