Pirate Lore 1

Hello Darlingks,
Today I bring you some Pirate Lore from a favored book... "Pirates - Most Wanted (Thirteen of the Most Bloodthirsty Pirates Ever to Sail The High Seas)"

My personal notes:
Evil Deeds & Bold Strategies of these Notorious & Knavish Captains & Sailors were the cause of their becoming "The Most Wanted Men of the High Seas"!!!

They were:
Women:
Anne Bonny, Charlotte De Berry, & Mary Read

Men:
Bartholomew Roberts (A.K.A. Black Bart),
Edward "Ned" Low,
Edward Teach (A.K.A. Black Beard),
Henry Avery,
Henry Morgan,
Jean Bart,
Samuel Bellamy (A.K.A. Black Sam),
Thomas Tew,
William Dampier,
William Kidd,

These VILE people MUST be ARRESTED & CAPTURED!!! BIG REWARD FOR ALL/ ANY INFO.!!!
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ANNE BONNY - Listed with MARY READ - - - 2 of the MOST FEROCIOUS EVER!!!

Anne was Irish-born

@ 16 she fell in LOVE with a sea captain, and they eloped to New Providence (Bahamas). There she disguised herself as a man, and ran away with Captain Jack Rackham (A.K.A. "Calico Jack"). While there she met Mary Read, who decided to join Captain Jack's Rackham's crew.
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Mary Read was London-born - late 17th Century.

To secure an inheritance, she was disguised as a boy all her pre-teen life. This created a liking for men's clothes.

As a teen she joined the navy, fell in Love with a soldier, and married him. After his death she boarded a West Indies-bound ship wearing men's clothes once again. While on board, the ship was attacked by Captain Jack Rackham's ship. She decided to join his crew, and she met Anne Bonny.

While part of Captain Jack Rackham's crew, they together:
They became close friends. &
Earned a reputation for being "more ferocious than the men"!!!

When Captain Jack Rackham was eventually caught, they were revealed to be women. And they were brought to trial with him.

They were ALL condemned to hang. Anne & Mary pleaded pregnancy, and were imprisoned.

Anne disappeared - possible freedom due to her father's influencial help.

Mary died in 1720 of a fever, while still in prison.

It did not say for sure which happened first between Anne & Mary (in 1720).
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Quoting:
+ "From the trial transcriptions of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, 1721"

"The two women... were then on board the said sloop, and wore men's jackets, and long trousers, and handkerchiefs tied about their heads; and... each of them had a machete and a pistol in their hands, and cursed and swore at the men..."

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+ "The TRYALS of Captain John Rackham, and other PIRATES, Viz
George Fetherston,
Richard Corner,
John Davies,
John Howell,
Tho. Bourn, alias Brown,
Noah Hardwood,
James Dobbins,
Patrick Carty,
Thomas Earl,
John Fenwick, of Fenis

Who were all Condemned for PIRACY, at the Town of St. Jago de la Vega, in the Island of JAMAICA, on Wednesday and Thursday the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Days of November 1720.

AS ALSO, THE TRYALS of Mary Read and Anne Bonny, alias Bonn, on Monday the 28th Day of the said Month of November, at St. Jago de le Vega aforesaid.

And of several Others; who were also condemn'd for PIRACY.

ALSO...
A True Copy of the Act of Parliament mad for the more effectual Suppression of Piracy.

Jamaica: Printed by Robert Baldwin, in the Year 1721"
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CHARLOTTE DE BERRY (A.K.A. Captain Rodolph)
WANTED FOR: Beheading a Captain.
Last Seen: Post violent storm: Adrift - possibly towards Ghana.
Appearance & Manner:
+ "Passionate & Spirited"
+ "Strikingly beautiful"
+ "Dark, penetrating eyes"

1636 - England-born
1654 Active piracy along African coast.

@ 18 she disguised herself as a man, to accompany a sailor she fell in Love with.

They fought together in 6 battles, until an officer on board became jealousy, and had the sailor she loved flogged to Death!!! For he had recognized her as a women, and fallen in love with her himself.

Once returned to port:
Charlotte waited for the officer in a dark alley with her 2 pistols ready. She killed him, and took his money.

Worked in the Waterfront taverns that sailors frequented - as an entertainer. There she let one sailor "carried her off to sea" with him. They were attacked by pirates!!! & Here is where she cut off the Captain's head, but after engaging him.

After this:
Due to such adoration from crew, she was elected LEADER. She then took the name "Captain Rodolph, Charlotte".

Led African coast raids. Their prey: Gold-laden trade ships.

Eventually:
A wealthy Spaniard joined their crew, and she married him. A violent storm wrecked their ship and set survivors adrift on a raft for days.

Once food ran out, cannibalism became MANDATORY. They saw it as 'who was eaten to save the rest', and they drew straws. She was horrified to find, that it was her husband. His dead body was sliced & divided among the crew.

Soon after they were rescued, but then were attacked by pirates. After helping in the fight, she jumped overboard to be with her husband in Death.
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Many more women pirates were probably out there, but escaped history unnoticed!!!
Some are amongst us, and we know it...

That is all I am doing for now darlingks. I will be adding more later.
Until then...
Pleasant journeys to the Land of Dreams & Mares!!!
Chris S./ M.M. (*@^@*)