Blackbeard the Pirate

With headquarters in the Bahamas and North Carolina, Blackbeard and his band terrorized people along the North Atlantic coast and loaded his flagship-the Queen Anne's Revenge-with prizes. Eventually the citizens of North Carolina turned to Governor Spotswood of Virginia for help.

Blackbeard the Pirate engraving
Courtesy of the New York Public Library

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