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The non-Spanish colonies were growing and expanding across the Caribbean, fueled by a great increase in immigration as people fled from the chaos and lack of economic opportunity in Europe. While most of these new immigrants settled into the West Indies' expanding plantation economy, others took to the life of the buccaneer.
Jonathan Barnet (1677/78 – 1745) [1] [2] was an English privateer in the Caribbean, best known for capturing pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. The Assembly of the Colony of Jamaica gave him a financial reward and a large estate in the parish of St James, where enslaved Africans worked. [3]
Bannister soon picked up additional crew and robbed a small Spanish vessel, but governor Thomas Lynch of Jamaica ordered HMS Ruby to give Bannister chase. Ruby was able to capture Bannister and take him to Jamaica where he awaited trial. Bannister maneuvered his way out of all the charges and was released; the sickly Lynch was so agitated by ...
Pierre le Picard is reported by Governor of Jamaica Sir Henry Morgan raiding English and Spanish shipping off the coast of Jamaica. This is the last that is heard of Picard who disappears soon after until his return from a French South Sea buccaneering expedition in 1685. May – Thomas Lynch returns as Governor of Jamaica.
[149] [150] The name of Morgan has been attached to local sites in the Caribbean, such as Morgan's Bridge, Morgan's Pass and Morgan's Valley in Clarendon, [151] Morgan's Harbour Hotel and Beach Club in Kingston, [152] the Hotel Henry Morgan, located in Roatán, Honduras, [153] the Port Morgan resort located in Haiti [154] and Captain Morgan's ...
From 2018 to 2022, diversity and inclusion managers were the third fastest-growing job title, and from 2019 to 2023, vice president of diversity and inclusion ranked seventh. In the latest report ...
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century. Hamden, CN: Archon Books, 1966. Interesting Tracts Relating to the Island of Jamaica, Consisting of Curious State Papers, Councils of War, Letters, Petitions, Narratives, etc., which Throw Great Light on the History of That Island from Its Conquest Down to the Year 1702.
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