The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world. In the early 18th century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates - former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves - this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. And for a brief, glorious period, the Republic was a success.

Probably the best book written about the pirates who raised havoc in Quasimodo Probably the best book written about the pirates who raised havoc in the Caribbean and the Eastern Coast of North America from Charleston to Maine. They're all here. Samuel Bellamy, Edward Thatch (Teach), the infamous 'Blackbeard', Charles Vane and the 'gentleman pirate' Stede Bonnet whose despite a total lack of maritime skills enters into piracy and is rewarded with failure after failure in his miserable attempts at the trade.There are many more men (and women) who engage in piracy and the culmination of their . "Nasty, brutish, and short" according to Perry B. Alers, aka peebee. I have learned a lot more about the pirates of the Caribbean than I ever wanted to know, but now I can be fascinating at dinner tables. For one thing, I didn't know that there where were such serious divisions among pirate leaders over the English Succession; Stuart vs. Hanover. It all had to do with royal pardons. Another aspect of pirate life was the need not only to plunder cargoes but to find the ships to do so. We are so accustomed to national Navies that we take their ships for granted; the average pirate k. Republic of Pirates does its best to explain the forces of history that produced the J. Hamlet As someone who grew up in the mid-atlantic, I was surrounded by all sorts of pirate lore growing up. I always had a desire to find out how much was real and how much was fiction, and Republic of Pirates fits that bill. Aside from piecing together all sorts of fascinating stories based on primary sources such as trials, diaries, and testimonies that paint fresh and realistic pictures of the pirates so notorious to history (Blackbeard and Black Sam Bellamy, to name a few), Republic of Pirates does its best to expla