American influence in North Africa after Barbary Wars

How could we have the young United States be granted a sphere of influence, whether formally or de facto, over regions in Northern Africa after the Barbary Wars?

It's funny how that the first foreign enemy the U.S. fights after the ARW was Muslim terrorists. Also funny how Sweden was involved as well.
 

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Pretty unlikely, but if the US did create a sphere of influence in Algeria, it would be interesting to see the new state of Liberia settled there. A Liberia in Algeria could receive a lot more settlers than OTL Liberia in West Africa, yet would also be vulnerable to the naval ambitions of France, so the US could maintain Liberia as an ally.
 

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Trying to set up Liberia in the Maghreb would be pretty much doomed. Impoverished freedmen, even with some minor subsidies and even some weapons, would not be able to match the numbers of local warriors with knowledge of the land in the Barbary states. If they survive, they end up reenslaved.
 
While I find the idea of a US state in the west Sahara cool I don't think it's possible.

The power projection capabilities didn't exist and the natives were a lot stronger than the Indians.

Not many settlers would want to move to a desert scrub inhabited by people with who could fight back a lot more effectively than the Indians could.
 
While I find the idea of a US state in the west Sahara cool I don't think it's possible.

The power projection capabilities didn't exist and the natives were a lot stronger than the Indians.

Not many settlers would want to move to a desert scrub inhabited by people with who could fight back a lot more effectively than the Indians could.
The West Sahara was under Moroccan rule or atleast the tribes were.
 

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i admit long ago ago i thought of algeria being absorbed into a mega Liberia. however even then i had liberia start from a west african base and wanked up its immigration and size before it got into and crossdeed thesahara. and that was before i learned about disease effects. i have since come to the conclusion that the one and only place to have a wanked up Liberia is South Africa.
 
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