Record #:

35958

Author(s):

Sawyer, Kathy

Abstract:

Blackbeard’s enduring legend, well known in Beaufort, was anchored in other Eastern North Carolina towns. Connections sunk deeply in New Bern included a house, as well as anchor and manacles reportedly from a ship sunk not far from his house. As for intangible connections, there slave-owning stories possibly validated by the discovered manacles and anchor.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 2 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 1975, p39

Subject(s):

Blackbeard, d. 1718; Pirates; Pirates--Beaufort; Pirates--North Carolina, Eastern; New Bern--History; Shipwrecks; Ships; Slavery; Slaves--North Carolina, Eastern; Slaves--New Bern--Biography