Blackbeard

=﻿ Blackbeard=

Blackbeard was a famous pirate that sailed the Carribean and the Atlantic Ocean during 1716 and 1718. The lengend says that he would murder and torture his victums and show no mercy. His ship was called the Queen Anne's Revenge. He was a borbaric man.

Edward Teach was born in Bristol. We know him as Blackbeard. During the war with England and France privateers would go around and take things off the boats of the opposing side. Blackbeard was a privateer but after the war ended the it was against the law to do that. But that didn't stop Blackbeard. Blackbeard worked out of the island Jamaica. He raided ships all over the Carribean. But Blackbeard came to the North Carolina government and paid off the govener. He bought a house and got married, and supposely settled down.

Blackbeard unable to stop pirating he started up again. Blackbeard raided all ships of the Carribean until English sent their navy to stop piracy. Blackbeard got caught and got shot.