Record #:

3428

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Edward Teach, called Blackbeard the pirate, terrorized the state's coastal waters in the early 18th-century, creating a trail of legend and folklore before he was killed in 1718, near Ocracoke, fighting the king's navy.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 3, Aug 1997, p32-35, il

Subject(s):

Blackbeard, d. 1718; Pirates