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The young men might have become dangerous avengers of, what they would esteem, their country's wrongs; the mothers might have again allured the Israelites to the love of licentious pleasure and the practice of idolatry, and brought another plague upon the congregation; but the young maidens, not being polluted by the flagitious habits of their ...
By 1804, pirate Zheng Yi commanded 400 junks and 70,000 men. [51] These were organized into six large pirate squadrons with flags of corresponding colors. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Following a battle with these pirates in Guangzhou Bay , in 1805 a Chinese general offered a pardon to those who would surrender, which perhaps 3000 of them accepted. [ 50 ]
The Buck's new pirate crew included reformed pirates Thomas Anstis and Howell Davis, [75] as well as a man who had come from England aboard the Buck, Walter Kennedy. [74] Moreover, Rogers estimated that 150 pirates had left New Providence between the end of July and late October, including pirates hoping to join Vane. [76]
The traditional "Jolly Roger" flag of piracy. Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships.
The typical pirate crew was an unorthodox mixture of former sailors, escaped convicts, disillusioned men, and possibly escapee or former slaves, among others, looking for wealth at any cost; once aboard a seafaring vessel, the group would draw-up their own ship- and crew-specific code (or articles), which listed and described the crew's ...
Howard Pyle's doodle of the carriage of a treasure chest by two pirates, a Caucasian and a black man, as they are led by pirate captain William Kidd. Seafaring "became one of the most common male occupations" for Africans and African-Americans in the early 19th century. Black sailors filled about one-fifth of the population at various sea havens.
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The World English Bible translates the passage as: But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.