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Pirates of New England

A brief look at the history of two pirates off the New England Coast.

Presented by: Darlene A. Cobb

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Within this presentation I take a very brief glance at the history of two pirates not so well known, but in fact were true pirates. In studying the history of pirates I had to consider what was fact and what was fiction. In doing so , what I thought was real was not and what I thought was make believe actually was real. Pirates to me are fantastical characters. They were people who strived for a better life no matter what the cost. They were not always well liked, but in reading about them, I look at them with a much different perspective. Of course I have only touched the surface of their history. They were cruel, heartless and greedy right? Ahh! What I discovered is that they also had families, cared about their men and were Robin Hoods of the seas. Some of the things that I bring to my presentation were items I found interesting and some related to the pirates I researched.

I hope you enjoy my presentation !

On the next slide is a clip from one of my favorite movies, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. I felt it was important to share this clip because it gives a wonderful visual to what Pirates looked like and what happened to them during the Privateering era. When naval ships were hired to round up these pirates and bring them at times to there death.

To start the clip please click on the play button. Enjoy!

DirectionsBecause everyone reads at a different speed, I wanted to give you, the viewer, the opportunity to control the timing of this presentation. Each slide is adjusted for you to click when you are ready to proceed.

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Overview

Introduction of Pirates along the Coast of New England.

Robert Bartholomew

Jolly Roger Flag

William Kidd

Original Book of Pirates 1724

Samuel Bellamy

Recent pictures taken at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT

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This painting was done by Mike Eagle and was found on the Mystic Seaport past exhibits page. At one time as a child, the history of whaling, was introduced to me by a woman my grandmother knew who owned an inn in Edgartown. Edgartown is a small town located on Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod. As a child I spent my summers in Falmouth, Cape Cod with my grandparents. Edgartown was my first exposure to the history of whaling and ships. Never did I dream as a child that there were also Pirates along the coast of Cape Cod.

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Pirate and Captain Bartholomew Roberts also known as Black Bart. This picture was taken from the Smithsonians American History Museum. It depicts him after he has captured eleven slave ships. On the Gold Coast and what was sometimes called the Slave Coast, the principal export was black African slaves, who were shipped to the plantations in North America and the West Indies. It has been calculated that during the eighty years of its existence the Royal Africa Company alone delivered 100,000 slaves to the colonies. At the time of Bartholomew Roberts raids along the African coast, around 36,000 Africans were being transported across the Atlantic each year from the various trading post "states David Cordingly author(231).

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Jolly Roger symbol of Black Beard and eventually of all pirates.

In Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Pirates, author David Cordingly describes the use of flags as such, What all the pirate flags had in common . applying to all pirates was their need to strike terror in the minds of the merchant seamen who were their victims (116).

Continuing Cordingly states, Ships captains sometimes used the symbol in their logbooks when recording the deaths of members of the crew(116).

William Kidd born in Greenock, Scotland 1645.He eventually became a merchant sailor.In 1690 Kidd was an established sea captain and ship owner in New York.He then received a royal commission to hunt pirates.1696 He took over the ship called, Quedagh Merchant and became a pirate. He renamed the Quedagh Merchant the Adventure Prize.In 1791 he was caught, convicted of murder and piracy and hung on the execution dock in London. (http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConFactFile.3/Captain-Kidd.html)

William Kidd aka. Captain Kidd

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The name of this painting is: Kidd burying his treasure.

Cordingly in detail elucidates , As soon as Kidd was safely locked up in a Boston jailefforts to locate and retrieve the treasure, which was now scattered in various locations around New York, Boston and the West Indies (190). It has yet to be discovered.

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Here is an illustration from the On the Water series from the Smithsonian virtual Museum of American history. This ship is similar to that of the Captain Kidds ship. Many ships like this one were commandeered by Pirates while at sea.

Cordingly defines, Captain Kidds ship was the Adventure Galley, of 287 tons. She was built at Deptford in 1695, had a crew of 152, and carried thirty-four guns(167).

Author David Cordingly shares, As far as can be gleaned from the meager information on the subject, very few of the pirate captains had wives and families(71). I personally was not surprised by this concept as I believe that being a pirate was a very crude and stark existence when it came to men having families especially pirates, but I was pleasantly surprised when reading about Pirate William Kidd. Cordingly states, Captain Kidd had a wife and two daughters who lived in New York(71). I find this interesting as Kidd had a reputation of never taking married men he captured on his ship. Possibly the thought of married men would remind him of New York and what he was missing.

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This illustration depicts the capture of Captain Kidd on the River Thames at Wapping.

Cordingly continues, The gallows was set up on the shore near the low-tide mark. After the pirates had been hanged, their bodies were slowly submerged by the swirling waters of the incoming tide. It was usual to allow three tides to pass over them before the bodies were taken away(223).

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This book was written by Captain Charles Johnson and details the story of Mary Read and Anne Bonny who were female and became pirates. He also includes other pirates as well in his story. Printed in London in 1724 and held in the Smithsonian archives.

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Samuel Bellamy or Black BellamyWas the captain of the ship the Whydah

Believed to have been born in England 1689

Was married to a woman who lived in England, but left her and a son behind to be a sailor.

While docked in Eastham Harbor, Massachusetts he met Maria Hallelt.

She was 15 years old and he was smitten.

He left port looking for Spanish gold in the west only to become a pirate. Known as Black Bellamy or at times Pirate Robin Hood.

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Here you can see that the map of Cape Cod shows Eastham on the inside curve of the Cape.

According to David Cordingly , The most famous pirate shipwreck took place on the shores of Cape Cod on April 26, 1717. Sam Bellamy had captured the slave ship the Whydah a few weeks before in the Windward Passage as she headed for London (79).

Here is Bellamy finally returning to his lost love Maria only to be shipwrecked off the coast of Cape Cod. He was traveling with another ship when all hell broke loose.

Cordingly continues, During the evening of April 26 the weather turned nasty. Driving rain reduced visibility so that the ships lost touch with each other, but more serious than the rain was the strong easterly winds which spring up, sweeping in from the Atlantic and building up a gale force (79).

In the end eight men survived, but alas Black Bellamy drowns never to see his Maria again.

I recently made a trip to the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. These pictures have really nothing to do with pirates, but they are definitely related to whaling off the coast of Cape Cod. I thought that they were interesting and wanted to share them with you! Enjoy!

This was a pulley off of a whaling ship used to haul the whale on board the ship.

Original head off a ship

Young maiden ships head

The Whale tooth's are number 1, 3, 4, 5

Bibliography

Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among Pirates. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 1996. Print.History, Smithsonian: National Museum of American. On the Water. n.d. Web. 29 May 2012. http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/History, Smithsonian: National Museum of American . On the Water. Jeff Warner, Louis Killen, Jeff Davis, Fud Benson. "Away Rio." n.d. Sound Bite. http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/pdf/transcript_away_rio.pdfHistory, Smithsonian: National Museum of American. On the Water. Bob Webb. Whiskey Johnny. n.d.Sound Bite. http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/pdf/transcript_whiskey_johnny.pdfMuseum National Maritime. London and the Pirates. 1988. Web. 3 June 2012. http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server.php?show=ConNarrative.57&chapterI d=998Orchestra, Global Stage. "Tia Dalma." Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. By Hans Zimmer. 2007. Audio .Orchestra, The City of Prague Philharmonic. "Davy Jones." Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. By Hans Zimmer. 2006. audio.Pirate Images. Web. 8 June 2012. http://beej.us/pirates/index.htmlThe Way of Pirates. Famous Pirates.2012. Web. 4 June 2012. http://www.thewayofthepirates.com

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