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BLACKBEARD WHY WAS HE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIRATE TO SC?

BLACKBEARD WHY WAS HE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIRATE TO SC?. By Kinsey H. EARLY LIFE OF BLACKBEARD. Born 1680 in Bristol, UK Real name is Edward Teach Worked at sea Gained interest in privateers during Queen Anne’s War. BEGINNING LIFE AS A PIRATE.

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BLACKBEARD WHY WAS HE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIRATE TO SC?

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  1. BLACKBEARDWHY WAS HE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIRATE TO SC? By Kinsey H.

  2. EARLY LIFE OF BLACKBEARD • Born 1680 in Bristol, UK • Real name is Edward Teach • Worked at sea • Gained interest in privateers during Queen Anne’s War

  3. BEGINNING LIFE AS A PIRATE • Sailed near Jamaica on ships of privateering during Queen Anne’s War • Joined Captain Benjamin Hornigold’s crew • Hornigold put Blackbeard in charge of a sloop

  4. CAREER AS BLACKBEARD • Captured a French ship and named it, “Queen Anne’s Revenge” • Worked at American Coast from Newfound Land to Trinidad • 1718, killed in Ocracoke Island, NC, by Robert Maynard on boat called, “Adventure”

  5. WHY WAS HE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIRATE TO SC? • May, 1718, he blocked off Charleston harbor for a week • Captured The Crowley, full of Charleston citizens • Blackbeard demanded medicine for himself and his crew • Stede Bonnet, Lieutenant Richards, and Israel Hands, all commanded a ship to help the blockade • Charleston citizens were released after Blackbeard got medical supplies from Charleston

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