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This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy. For pirates of fiction or myth, see list of fictional pirates.
This category lists pirates who originated from the United States or spent a notable part of their careers in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
This is a two volume work with detailed information and the publishers Beadle and Adams, lists of titles and authorial biographies. Popular themes for dime novels included stories of the Wild West, the American Revolution, Indians, and Pirates. A sampling of some pirate dime novels: Cavendish, Harry. The Reefer of '76; or, the Cruise of the ...
Image credits: Fototeca Storica Nazionale / Getty Images #4 Black Sam Bellamy. An English pirate, Black Sam Bellamy, was born in Devon, England, around 1689-1690. He sailed to America, seeking ...
Between 1814 and 1825, the American West Indies Squadron hunted pirates on both sea and land, primarily around Cuba and Puerto Rico. [1] After the capture of Roberto Cofresi in 1825, acts of piracy became rare, and the operation was considered a success, although limited occurrences went on until slightly after the start of the 20th century.
Most pirates in this era were of Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French origin. Many pirates came from poorer urban areas in search of a way to make money and of reprieve. London in particular was known for high unemployment, crowding, and poverty which drove people to piracy. Piracy also offered power and quick riches. [citation needed]
Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map). The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began hunting and prosecuting pirates.
John Goodrich (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer in the American Revolution; David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778; Jean Gaspard Vence, French, –1783; Joseph Barss, Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824; Jean Lafitte 1776–1854, French Louisiana hero in the Gulf of Mexico; John Ordronaux (privateer), United States, 1778–1841