The Pirates of Colonial North CarolinaProvides general information about pirates and discusses the activities of notorious seafaring outlaws, such as Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard, in and around North Carolina during colonial times. |
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aboard Adventure aground anchor Anne Bonny ashore Bath battle Bay of Honduras became Black Flag Blackbeard Blackbeard's crew boat Bonnet's crew buccaneers Calico Jack cannon Cape Fear Captain Edward Captain George Lowther's captured prizes career cargo Carolina coast Carolina pirate Carolinians Charles Vane colony command cutlass deck Edward Teach England English escape fight with Lieutenant gallows George Lowther's crew Governor Johnson Hanged at Charleston Hanged at St Hanged in Williamsburg Happy Delivery harbor honest seaman Ignatius Pell Israel Hands Jamaica John Killed at Ocracoke Kitts Lieutenant Maynard's crew March 11 marooned Maynard Member of Blackbeard's Member of Bonnet's Member of Captain merchant vessel November 22 Ocracoke Inlet pardon pirate captain pirate crew pirate ship pirate's pistol plundering port prisoners quartermaster Queen Anne's Revenge Rhett Richards Royal James sailors shore sloop South Carolina Spotswood Stede Bonnet surrender taken trade trial Tried for piracy Vane Virginia West Indies William York