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One of the sea’s strangest, and most unlikely pirates. Originally a high ranking individual; Major Stede Bonnet. Bonnet came from an upper crust family & lived the comfortable life of a successful planter in Bridgetown, Barbados.
It is no wonder his neighbors thought him to be crazy when for no apparent reason, Major Bonnet left his life as a gentleman planter, to become a pirate. As a pirate, Bonnet was merely an amateur. Unlike stealing or capturing a ship, as any respectable pirate would do, he purchased his own, which was completely unheard of in the archives of piracy. This fast little ship was purchased in early 1717. It had ten pieces of artillery, secured to her single gun deck. He renamed her the Revenge. Bonnet did another unheard of thing by paying his crew out of his own pocket, instead of drawing up a contract for them to sign. It was this strategy however, that kept him from being deposed by the crew, and let him remain in command. He found his band from the taverns of Bridgetown, and ended up signing on about seventy destitute seamen. In his short career as a pirate (less than two years) Bonnet captured & burned many ships and had an unsuccessful alliance with Blackbeard. He was hanged in December of 1718.
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