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The Republic Of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
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eBook - ePub
The Republic Of Pirates
Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
About this book
An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates — former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves — this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.
They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. For a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success as the pirates became heroes in the eyes of the people.
Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, award-winning author Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution.
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates — former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves — this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.
They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. For a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success as the pirates became heroes in the eyes of the people.
Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, award-winning author Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution.
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Abaco, as refuge from pirates, 160
Act of Grace. See Proclamation for Suppressing of Pirates (1717)
Adams, Henry, 11–13, 24
Addison, Joseph, supports Rogers, 164–65, 167–68
Adventure (frigate), 143, 240
Adventure (merchant sloop), captured by pirates, 242, 255
Adventure (pirate sloop), 140, 144–45, 162–63, 278, 280, 287, 291–97
Agnes (merchantman), captured by pirates, 175–76
Allamby, Mary, 198
Ann Galley (snow)
captured by pirates, 175–76, 180–81, 183
survives storm, 186, 191–92, 196
Ann (sloop), 250
Anstis, Thomas, 322
Arlington, Allen, 293
Arot, Louis, 213
Ashworth, Capt. Leigh, 123, 127, 136–38, 142
accepts king’s pardon, 229, 236, 250
officially declared a pirate, 143
privateer against Spain, 314–15
Augur, John, 302
Avery, Henry, 30, 35, 39, 44, 119, 136–37, 271
acquainted with Dampier, 46–47
bribes Gov. Trott, 12–14, 23–24, 98, 258, 300
as “Capt. Bridgeman,” 12–14, 24
captures Mocha treasure ship, 20–23
disappears, 25, 27, 28
leads mutiny, 16–18
legends of, 26–27, 46–47
naval career, 14–15
as “pirate king,” 8–9, 26, 116, 158, 165, 322
privateering career, 15–16, 80
treatment of non-Europeans, 19, 23
turns to piracy, 18–20
Ayala Escobar, Capt., 124
B
Bahamas. See also Abaco, Eleutera, Nassau, New Providence Island
British government ignores, 312–13
French and Spanish threaten, 88, 97
lords proprietor support Rogers, 166–68
as pirate refuge, 1, 3, 87–88, 97, 112, 143, 157, 158, 165, 230
Rogers appointed governor, 167–68, 235, 246, 259, 267, 299
Rogers’s expedition to suppress piracy in (1718), 16...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Map
- The Golden Age of Piracy
- The Legend
- Going to Sea
- War
- Peace
- Pirates Gather
- Brethren of the Coast
- Bellamy
- Blackbeard
- Begging Pardon
- Brinksmanship
- Hunted
- Piracy’s End
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes