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The republic was dominated by two famous pirates who were bitter rivals – Benjamin Hornigold and Henry Jennings. Hornigold was mentor to pirates such as the famous Edward Teach, known as "Blackbeard", along with Sam Bellamy and Stede Bonnet. Jennings was mentor to Charles Vane, "Calico" Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read.
The following year King George offered a pardon to all pirates who surrendered within a year. Winter kept active, capturing a merchant ship near Jamaica and forcing one of its crewmen, Edward England, into piracy. [2] England embraced piracy and Winter returned with him to the Republic of Pirates on New Providence. [3]
Cities of the Red Night, a novel by American author William S. Burroughs, revolves around a group of radical pirates who seek the freedom to live under the articles set out by Captain James Misson. The attempted establishment of a Republic of Pirates is a significant plot element in the Ubisoft video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
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Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719) [1] [verification needed] was an English pirate towards the end of the Golden Age of Piracy.. Born in England in the late 17th century, Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant ships in the Bahamas.
In early 1718 Nichols was among a group of pirate leaders who urged Pearse to release Charles Vane and other pirates he’d detained as a show of good faith. [4] Pearse did so, and Nichols with Josiah Burgess , Benjamin Hornigold , and hundreds of others accepted the King’s Pardon. [ 4 ]
John Derdrake card from the 1948 Leaf Pirate trading card set. John Derdrake, known as “Jack of the Baltic,” was a legendary Danish pirate that might have been active in the 1700s.
HMS Drake, the ship which captured Bannister. Joseph Bannister (died 1687, first name occasionally given as George) was an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy.