He captured a slave ship and proceeded to free the slaves, giving them the option to join his crew if they wanted.Īnne Bonny was only around 16 when she ran away with her pirate lover, the infamous Calico Jack – while still married to small-time pirate James Bonny. Even when he crossed over to the wrong side of the law, he was never a violent, bloodthirsty buccaneer. He started out as a poor sailor, but when he fell in love with the beautiful Maria Hallet, he turned to piracy in the hopes that riches would win her parents over. ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy wasn’t just a pirate he was a romantic. They say he ate a Spanish soldier’s heart straight from his chest! But what goes around comes around, and eventually he met a death even more gruesome than the ones he dished out-he and his crew were captured and eaten by a cannibalistic tribe in Panama. Vicious and sadistic, he didn’t limit himself to raiding ships-no, he was most successful at pillaging towns. Jean-David Nau, known as Francois L’Olonnais, was a true pirate of the Caribbean. Pretty hard-core for a 17th century girl! But from then on she sailed, fought and drank as hard as the male pirates. When peace times stilted her life in the military, Read quit and became a pirate instead! Well, more like, she was forced to, after the ship she boarded was captured. Being used to dressing up as a boy for various reasons throughout her childhood, Read disguised herself as a male to join the British Military and built a reputation for herself as fierce and skilled in battle. The battle led to Morgan be arrested and dragged back to England, but the British King reacted by knighting him and making him Deputy Governor of Jamaica!Īt a time when women were seen as little more than property, Mary Read wasn’t going to let that stop her. Throughout his career, he attacked ships all through the Caribbean and eventually fought in an epic battle to capture Panama City, commanding 1200 buccaneers and thirty ships. Though he was actually a British privateer, Sir Henry Morgan was such a fearsome and successful raider that the Spanish called him a pirate. While pirates and privateers were technically different, the line between them was often blurred, and what one country would call an honorable privateer, another would call a bloodthirsty pirate. However, we will also include some historical figures that were officially privateers -that is, they were exactly the same as pirates, but the government sanctioned their actions, making them legitimate acts of war as opposed to criminal offences. Drink up, me hearties, yoho! Join as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Most Famous Pirates in History.įor this list, we’re defining piracy as crimes and violence at sea.
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