Pirates of South Carolina

Date: 2009-11-11 | Author: Tim Barnes

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The South Carolina Coast has been fertile ground to grow the legend of the pirates. With a rich history of commerce, these colorful characters wandered up and down the beaches of South Carolina for wealth and snatching the perfect place to hide their booty. There was no lack of hiding places, with inlets of the coast, inland rivers and swamps - who knows how many Dead Man Trunks, are still being discovered. The pirates who plundered the South Carolina surf was as varied as the treasures they stole. Here is a brief history of miscreants who preyed on the banks of the Carolinas.

John Rackham aka "Calico Jack" - Anne Bonny - Mary Read

Nicknamed after the Indian cloth that he used often, Calico was a pirate who paid his dues by quartermastering other ships until he won his own vessel. Calico was a terror to Jamaica. Depois de perder o seu primeiro navio a um confronto naval, Calico fugiu para a ilha de Provindence e encontrou-se um pirata do sexo feminino, Anne Bonny. Bonny was married to a retired pirate, but Calico and Anne could not be stopped. They fell in love, stole a boat and resumed their lives as pirates. For years, the two broke into the Caribbean, only to seek refuge in South Carolina - where the then governor was sympathetic to the pirates.

In the Carolinas, which took another female pirate, Mary Read, who joined their leagues and emerged as a duelist. Known for his courage, since she killed a rival pirate challenge to a young man who was his love interest. Calico, Bonny and Read were pirates successful until the governor of Jamaica once again turned his attention to Calico Jack, sending a fleet to capture his sloop. Calico Jack was hung in Jamaica. Mary Read died of a fetus in a Jamaican prison of a fever. The story of Anne Bonny is unknown. Some say she was rescued back to the Carolinas. Some say his wealthy family came to her. Others say she escaped with the help of other pirates. The truth is that nobody knows.

Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart "

Black Bart was a sailor from an early age and after a ship where he was a fellow was captured by pirates, he decided to join them. Rising quickly through the ranks, Bart became a privateer unrivaled. Accumulating 51 million pounds of treasure on his career - his skill as a navigator and an intimidator were unprecedented. Spanish trade routes to the Carolinas had to be adjusted to avoid Roberts.

Perhaps it was their greed that ended the Black Bart area, leaving the Carolinas to plunder the African coast, Bart was deceived by Royal Navy and killed by cannon fire. He was so loved by his team who shot the sea to allow their dead bodies to escape arrest.

Stede Bonnet also known as "The Gentleman Pirate"

He said he had become a pirate to get away from his nagging wife. Being from a wealthy family, Bonnet was a pirate inexperienced, but has made several successful raids on merchant ships, while maintaining their way of its creation penalty which earned him the name of "The Gentleman Pirate." He controlled mainly off the coast of Carolina, but perhaps his claim to infamy was his rivalry with Blackbeard.

The pirate Blackbeard friendship with people and even brought Bonnet on board his own ship long enough for the crew to steal Blackbeard's Bonnet blind. After Shave Bonnet left with an empty vessel, he vowed revenge on Blackbeard, but military vessels from South Carolina started with him first and Bonnet was tried and hanged in Charleston. His body was left hanging in the White Point for four days as an example of what happens with pirates off the coast of Carolina.

Also known as Edward Teach "Blackbeard"

Starting as a merchant sea, are taught a privateer during Queen Anne War. Having a taste for the taking, Teach led to piracy after the war, the weapons of your ship with 40 cannons and crew of the ship with a crew experienced. Teaching the war, Queen Anne's Revenge, was built to fight and did teach in a persona that inspired fear.

Dress all in black with a long black, braided beard full of colored ribbons and cable burning match. Armed to the teeth with knives, swords and guns - he had been transferred to Blackbeard. Blackbeard spent his life stealing and merchant shipping. He was one of the most colorful pirates and satisfied. He treated it as a career to have a successful life on earth, bribing officials to allow their existence lavish, but always returning to the sea for a living.

Blackbeard's long-term ended when he was ambushed by a small navy ship lead by Lieutenant Maynard of Virginia, at anchor in a bay in North Carolina. The two crews involved in hand-to-hand fighting and Blackbeard was stabbed about 25 times and fired at least 5 times. He was beheaded and his head hung Maynard's bow as a trophy. Members of both teams have said that once Blackbeard's headless body was thrown into the sea he swam around the ship 3 times before finally sinking into the abyss.

Believe it or not, the legends, the pirates who plundered the coast of the Carolinas were real. So do your homework, roll out the map and get your metal detectors. Because who knows what you can find when you leave the tales take you on an adventure of their own group.

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