Abstract:
Pirates found a profitable place in Eastern North Carolina because of shoals creating treacherous sailing conditions and inlets providing multiple traveling routes. Pirates also found a welcoming living environment due to the citizenry’s relatively relaxed attitudes about their lifestyle and authorities condoning activities like smuggling and wrecking. Additional proof the presence of pirates was not confined to Blackbeard were profiles of Stede Bonnet, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Edward Low, George Lowther, and Richard Worley.
Subject(s):
Pirates;
Pirates--North Carolina, Eastern;
Barrier islands;
Inlets--North Carolina;
Blackbeard, d. 1718;
Bonnet, Stede, 1688-1718;
Rackham, John, 1682-1720;
Bonny, Anne, 1697-1782;
Read, Mary, c.1695-1721;
Vane, Charles ;
Low, Edward;
Lowther, George ;
Worley, Richard