Record #:

41165

Author(s):

Atkinson, Stephen B.

Abstract:

Examining the lives of pirates who ruled the seas around the Caribbean islands and American colonies between 1650-1730 explained the attraction of the notorious profession, as well as the counter-cultural egalitarian system that emerged on-board.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Spring 2018 , p6-7

Subject(s):

Pirates--18th century--Henry Morgan ; Pirates--18th century--William Kidd; Pirates--18th century--Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts ; Pirates--18th century--Jack Rackham; Pirates--18th century--Benjamin Hornigold ; Pirates--18th century--Samuel Bellamy; Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Read, Mary, c.1695-1721; Bonny, Anne, 1697-1782