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Raiders and Rebels

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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

  About the Author

  FRANK SHERRY is a former journalist whose non-fiction work includes Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration. He lives in Missouri.

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  Credits

  Cover design by Milan Bozic

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  RAIDERS AND REBELS. Copyright © 1986 by Frank Sherry. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

 

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