Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Captain Edward Thatch: A Brief Analysis of the Primary Source Documents Concerning the Notorious Blackbeard
Abstract:
When it comes to Blackbeard, Moore’s examination of documents compiled over the centuries reveal the task of truth-finding’s complexity. This comes from the lure of the myth as much as the mixture of facts and falsehoods since 1716, the date of the earliest known source mentioning Captain Edward Thatch.