by Frank Sherry
Jones, Thomas, 326
Juan Fernandez Islands, 221–222
“jumping ship,” 63, 126, 127, 142
Kearney, Lawrence, 362
keelhauling, 53
Kennedy, Walter, 128–129
Khafi Khan, 76, 79
Kidd, Sarah Oort, 155–156, 184, 186
Kidd, William, 146, 148, 149–195
crew obtained by, 164–166, 171, 172–174, 189–190
financial backers of, 153, 163, 164, 168, 169, 171, 179–180, 185, 187–188
French passes obtained by, 174, 189, 190–191, 193
myths about, 193–195
as pirate, 174–195, 196, 197, 282
political scandal caused by, 179–195
as privateer, 157–158, 161–174
as representative of William III, 162–163, 164, 166, 169–170, 172, 175, 179, 182, 185, 193, 195
Royal Navy command desired by, 156–157, 158, 159–160, 162, 166
self-delusion of, 156, 158–159, 160–161, 164, 169, 193
as successful merchant captain, 154–159
treasure captured by, 176, 177, 179, 180, 184–185
trial and execution of, 181–195, 198, 350
“kill devil,” 132
King Dick, 292–293, 294, 296, 356
King James, 312, 313, 316, 317
King’s Pirates, 57
King William’s War, 62, 63, 64, 100, 160, 162, 199
Kirby, Captain, 286
Knight, Tobias, 240, 247–248
Koh-i-noor diamond, 27
La Bouche, Oliver, 284, 286, 294, 295, 296
Laffite, Jean, 360–361
La Hogue, Battle of, 120, 121
Lancaster, James, 102
landlubbers, 141
League of Augsburg, 62
Lewis, William, 258
Libertatia, 99, 130, 147
Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton, The (Defoe), 80
Ling, William, 258
Livingston, Thomas, 150–155, 158–161, 162
Lloyd’s Coffee House, 43
Logan, James, 212
L’Olonnois, François, 60
London, social conditions in, 43–51
lookouts, 114, 132
Lorrain, Paul, 191–192
Louis XIV, king of France, 37–39, 41–42, 201–202
William III vs., 45, 62, 119–120, 149, 151, 200, 202
Low, Edward, 352–356
Low, George, 127
Lowther, George, 350–351, 352
MacCarthy, Dennis, 83, 258
Macrae, Captain, 286–289
Madagascar:
colonization of, 86–87
as pirate nation, 84, 85–100, 111, 116–117, 118, 121, 122, 143–144, 146–147, 196–201, 357, 363
Plantain as “king” of, 290–296, 356–357
trading by, 116–117, 118, 148, 149–150, 159, 160
Madagascar; Or Robert Drury’s Journal, 98
malaria, 129, 143, 299, 302, 337
Markham, William, 81, 117–118, 197
marooning, 95, 124, 127–128, 238
marque, letters of, 23
Marquis, 222–224
Mather, Cotton, 33
Mathews, Thomas, 293–294, 297
Maynard, Robert, 247–252
Meneses, Luis Carlos Ignacio Xavier de, 16–20, 138
men-of-war, 54, 55, 113, 142, 156, 205
merchant vessels, 54–55, 62, 63, 64–65, 114
“mild chastisements,” 48
“Misson,” 99, 130–131
Mocha Frigate, 177, 179, 190
Mogul shipping, raids on, 26–29, 32–34, 75–80, 88–89, 92–93, 107–111, 113, 169–170, 191
Monomotapa, 306
Montbars the Exterminator, 60
Moore, William, 173–174, 189–190, 193
Morgan, Henry, 60, 80
Morris, John, 341–342
Morris, Thomas, 258
Mulatto Tom, 291
murder, punishment for, 127
musicians, 125, 129–130, 132, 141–142, 144
muskets, 145
mutinies, 66, 67–72, 142, 166, 171, 221
Nassau, Bahamas, as capital of pirate nation, 204–205, 207–210, 230, 231, 283
Navigation Acts, 24, 30, 92, 118, 147, 197
navigators, 130
Navy, Royal, see Royal Navy
Navy, U.S., 361–362
Newgate Prison, 186, 187, 188
New Providence, as pirate base, 204–206, 207–217, 225–234, 253, 283
Newton, Sir Isaac, 36
Nicholson, Francis, 197–198
“no prey, no pay” rule, 58–59, 161
North Carolina, 204, 206, 240
Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 15–21, 138, 145, 284, 290, 294
November, 175, 176, 177, 178, 190
oakum, 137
Ocracoke Island, 134, 244–252
Ogle, Chaloner, 337–345, 346–347
“on the account,” 96, 203
Our Lady of the Cape, 15–21
Palmer, Joseph, 189–190
passwords, 96
Peacock Throne, 27
Penn, William, 117
Pepys, Samuel, 46–47, 48, 106
“pestilential airs,” 143
Phenney, George, 279
Philip V, king of Spain, 202, 203
Philipse, Adolph, 117
Philipse, Frederick, 84, 116–117, 197, 296
Phipps, James, 348
Phips, Governor, 118
piracy:
articles of, 94–95, 124–125, 142, 215, 311–312, 325
as beneficial to American colonies, 24–25, 44, 49, 60–61, 92–93, 117–119, 153, 359–360
decline of, 346–366
historical background of, 20–21, 35–51, 55–57
“honest service” vs., 54, 112
as opposed by William III, 106, 147, 149–150, 153, 198, 216
risks of, 63–64, 144–145
in Roman Empire, 55–56
slang of, 95–96
as “sweet trade,” 94, 145
“pirate killer” ships, 149–180, 185
Pirate Round, 93, 165, 359
pirates:
amnesties for, 139, 142, 198, 201, 226, 230, 231, 232, 233, 240, 264, 277, 283, 331, 363
authority opposed by, 94, 135–141, 226, 229, 230, 232, 258–259, 268, 345
bastard offspring of, 134
battle tactics of, 113–115, 128, 144–145, 209
boys as, 135, 269
buccaneers as, 59–60, 62, 66, 80, 96, 309–310
Chinese, 362
confederacies of, 20, 57, 59–60, 84, 85–100, 111, 116–117, 118, 121, 122, 143–144, 146–147, 196–201, 203–217, 225–234, 253, 275, 283, 357, 363
cruelty of, 115–116, 126–128, 136–138, 350–351, 352–354
cuisine of, 96, 143–144
daily life of, 122–148
as democratic, 122–123, 124, 128, 208
drinking habits of, 132–134, 144
judicial system of, 125–128, 139–141
“marriages” of, 134, 135, 236–237
merchant backers of, 92–93, 129, 153, 197, 227, 297
modern, 362
Mogul shipping raided by, 75–80, 92–93, 107–111, 113, 169–170, 191
myths about, 20–21, 141–142, 146, 359
names used by, 138, 139
officers elected by, 123, 128–129, 141, 146
ordinary sailors vs., 50–66, 141–142
personal accounts by, 98–99
personal freedom of, 99, 123, 130–132, 209, 309, 364–365
plunder as wages for, 58–59, 79–80, 125, 161, 215
privateers vs., 23–24, 54, 63–64, 122, 148, 149–180, 227, 232, 264, 267
psychological solidarity of, 141–142
quarrels as settled by, 124, 125–126
as rebels against society, 21, 64–66, 135–141, 195
“receipts” issued by, 139
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nbsp; recruiting by, 142
reformed, 232–233
Royal Navy fought by, 118, 132, 144, 148, 196–201, 216–217, 226, 229, 232, 233, 238, 293–294, 334–345, 362, 363, 364, 366
sexual freedom of, 134–135
as suppressed by Rogers, 245, 255–259, 267, 275, 277–279, 281, 297, 308, 311, 328
treasure obtained by, 145–146
trials and executions of, 111, 139, 142, 146, 181–195, 198, 256–258, 260, 337, 341–342, 344–345, 347–350, 362–363
vengeance desired by, 136–138
weapons used by, 145
women as, 214, 266–277
see also specific pirates
pistols, flintlock, 145
plagues, 46–47, 168, 259
Plantain, John, 290–296, 356–357
Plunket, Commander, 334
Poe, Edgar Allan, 146
Polo, Marco, 87
poor laws, 364
Port Dauphin, Madagascar, 293, 356
Porter, David, 361
Portuguese colonies, 300–302
powder monkeys, 135, 269
press gangs, 47, 63, 142, 164–165, 202
Prester John, 306
privateers:
in American colonies, 24–25, 60–61, 359–360
berths on, 55, 67
black markets for, 24–25
commissions for, 25, 33, 117
definition of, 23
English, 23–24, 25, 57–64, 157–158, 160, 162, 165, 168, 171, 174–175, 176, 202–203, 210, 213, 220–224, 237
French, 62, 120–121, 157–158, 360–361
lawful enterprise of, 23–24, 63
Mogul shipping raided by, 26–29, 32–34, 88–89
officers of, 125
origins of, 57–64
pirates vs., 23–24, 54, 63–64, 122, 148, 149–180, 227, 232, 264, 267
plunder as wages on, 25, 58–59, 125, 203
in War of the Spanish Succession, 202–203, 210, 213, 220–224, 237
prostitution, 49, 134–135, 142, 207
“punishment of Moses,” 127
quartermasters, 127, 129, 142
Quedah Merchant, 175–180, 184–185, 190
Quelch, John, 95
Rackam, “Calico Jack,” 214, 260, 264–277
Randolph, Edward, 118–119
Read, Mary, 270–277
Red Sea Men, 92–93
Revenge, 215, 240, 242, 254
Rich, Robert, 88
Richardson, William, 52
Richier, Isaac, 25
Rivers, John, 90
Roberts, Bartholomew “Black Bart”:
death of, 334–335, 346, 349, 350, 362–363
personality of, 321–323, 326, 366
pirate career of, 66, 95, 97, 124, 128, 130, 132, 133, 134, 138, 139, 144, 320, 321–333
Roberts, George, 135–136
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe), 221
Rogers, Sarah Whetstone, 220
Rogers, Woodes:
character of, 218–219, 224
financial problems of, 224, 278–279, 358
as governor of Bahamas, 217, 224–234, 240, 253–254, 255–259, 260, 274–275, 283, 284, 312, 333, 357–358
piracy suppressed by, 245, 255–259, 267, 275, 277–279, 281, 297, 308, 311, 328
as privateer, 218–224
Vane vs., 227–228, 230, 231, 234, 254–255, 260, 262, 358
Rose, 226, 227, 333
Royal African Company, 25, 26, 70
Guinea Coast operations of, 304–305, 308, 309, 313, 316, 327, 333, 335, 347–349, 365
Royal Assent and License, 101
Royal Fortune, 330, 332, 334, 335, 337, 341, 342–345, 347
Royal Navy:
desertion from, 63, 142
expansion of, 45, 62, 63
impressment by, 63, 142, 164–165, 202
in King William’s War, 100, 109, 111, 119, 120, 121
men-of-war of, 54, 113, 142, 156, 205
pirates fought by, 118, 132, 144, 148, 196–201, 216–217, 226, 229, 232, 233, 238, 293–294, 334–345, 362, 363, 364, 366
regulations of, 127
Royal Rover, 317, 318, 319–320, 322, 325, 327–328, 329
rum, 117, 132
rumfustian, 132
Russel, John, 135–136
Russell, Bertrand, 36
Russell, Edward, 153, 163, 164
Ryswick, Treaty of, 199
“safe and close” confinement, 186
sailing masters, 129, 130
sailmakers, 129
salmagundi, 144
salt beef, 143, 144
Sawbridge, Captain, 115
Saw Kill Farm, 156
schooners, 112
Scott, Lewis, 60
scurvy, 88, 143
“sea artists,” 130
Selkirk, Alexander, 221
Shah Jahan, fifth Great Mogul, 27
ships:
fires on, 127, 144
life aboard, 52–66, 143–144
pirate, 73, 84, 111–113, 131–132, 136, 143–144
types of, 54
Skinner, Captain, 137
Skyrme, James, 341, 348, 355
slaves, runaway, 95, 131, 212, 309, 352–354
slave trade, 49, 70, 88, 92, 95, 99
on Guinea Coast, 291, 297, 298–320, 324, 327, 354, 356, 359, 361
sloops, 112, 205
smallpox, 47
Snelgrave, William, 137
Somers, John, 153
Sothel, Seth, 117
South Carolina, 241–242, 243
Spain, 39
Bahamas invaded by, 255, 262, 263–264, 265–266, 274–275, 278
Spanish Armada, 58
Spanish Main, 25, 32, 57–58
Spanish Silver, pursuit of, 210–211, 213, 283
Sparkes, John, 83
spice trade, 102
Spotswood, Alexander, 208, 246–247, 248, 259, 333
square-riggers, 112–113
Staines, Captain, 53
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 146, 241
Stone Prison, 184, 187
Successful Pirate, The, 80
surgeons, 129, 130, 141, 145
Sutton, Lord, 348–349
Swallow, 335–345, 346, 348
swashbucklers, 20, 21
“sweating,” 138
Sympson, Lord, 349
syphilis, 129, 143, 241, 288
Taylor, John, pirate career of, 19–20, 138, 145, 284–286, 288, 294, 295, 296
Teach, Edward, see Blackbeard
Tew, Thomas, as privateer, 22–34, 65, 70, 73, 75, 76, 84, 91, 96, 98, 107–108, 128, 145, 146, 282
Three Horseshoes, 272
Tories, 43, 185–186, 187–188, 199–200, 202
torture, 48, 136, 364
Tourville, Comte de, 119–120
treason, 48, 186
treasure, buried, 20–21, 146
Treasure Island (Stevenson), 146
Trepassey raid, 329–330, 332
trials, mock, 139–141
Trott, Nicholas, 80–81
Tyburn Fair, 48–49
typhus, 47, 143
Vane, Charles:
capture and death of, 259–262
pirate career of, 134, 144, 213–214, 265, 283
Rogers vs., 227–228, 230, 231, 234, 254–255, 260, 262, 358
Versailles, 37, 46
Vickers, John, 206
Victory, 284, 285, 286, 288, 294
Walker, Thomas, 206
Wapping, England, executions at, 191–193
War of 1812, 360
War of the Spanish Succession, 201–203, 204, 272, 283, 305, 323
privateers in, 202–203, 210, 213, 220–224, 237
Warren, Thomas, 167, 200–201
Weymouth, 335–337, 348
Whigs, 43, 185–186, 187–188, 202
Williams, John, 290–291
William III, king of England, 39–42
Kidd’s commission from, 162–163, 164, 166, 169–170, 172, 175, 1
79, 182, 185, 193, 195
Louis XIV vs., 45, 62, 119–120, 149, 151, 200, 202
piracy opposed by, 106, 147, 149–150, 153, 198, 216
Will’s Coffee House, 43
witches, 48, 49
Wragg, Samuel, 241–242
Wren, Christopher, 43
Wright, Captain, 175–176
Wynne, Emanuel, 97
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