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Blackbeard

The Not-So-Jolly Roger / Informational Resources
(Non-fiction books & websites)
Blackbeard’s Appearance / ·  Big and nasty
·  Awful signing voice
·  Long black hair sticking out
·  Black eyebrows
·  Moustache
·  Monstrous black beard
·  Black outfit
·  4 braided pigtails w/ ribbons on the ends
·  Crazy looking red eyes
·  3 cornered hat
·  Smoking rope in his hair / ·  Tall and big
·  Braided his hair with rope that he would set on fire during battle
·  Literate and physically impressive
·  Had a long black beard that smoked
·  Wore a crimson coat
·  Wove wicks laced with gunpowder into his beard and would light them during battle
·  Braided beard and tied it with ribbons
Blackbeard’s Weapons / ·  Four pistols
·  One cutlass
·  Walked people of the plank
·  Cut off heads / ·  Six pistols
·  Two cutlasses
·  Very rarely made anyone walk the plank
·  Marooned other crews
·  Burned other ships
Blackbeard’s Ship / ·  Queen Anne’s Revenge
·  Forty guns / ·  Queen Anne’s Revenge
·  Forty guns
·  Commanded four different vessels
·  The QAR was a slave ship named Concorde before he captured it in Nov. 1717 and made it his flagship
Blackbeard’s Crew and Rules / ·  300 crewmen
·  All different races
·  His first mate is Israel Hands
·  Brethren-of-the-Coast Rules
·  Captain only gives orders in battle
·  They vote on things
·  Blackbeard yells at his crew
·  Drank alcohol / ·  Blackbeard’s crew was afraid of him
·  Blackbeard commanded 300 pirates
·  Israel Hands was Blackbeard’s first mate
·  Drank alcohol
·  His crew feared him and obeyed him
Blackbeard History / ·  June 1718 received Pardon from the Gov. of N.C.
·  Settled in Bath, N.C. and retired
·  Started pirating again Nov. 22, 1718
·  Faced Lt. Maynard & His Majesty’s Royal Navy in the Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
·  Lost Battle & died
·  Lt. Maynard hung Blackbeard’s head from bow sprit
·  Legend says that his headless body swam around the ship before sinking / ·  Was pardoned by the Gov. of N.C. Charles Eden
·  Spent the summer of 1718 in Bath, N.C. trying to live out the lifestyle of a regular citizen
·  Killed Nov. 22, 1718 in a brief but bloody battle with the Royal Navy at Ocracoke Inlet
·  Blackbeard died after being stabbed 20 times and shot five times
·  Rumored that Blackbeard’s headless body ran amok and jumped into the water swimming around the ship

References:

The Best Book of Pirates by Barnaby Harward

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blackbeard/interactive.html

http://blackbeardsrealm.com/Blackbeard.html

http://www.cojoweb.com/blackbeard.html

http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/Blackbeard/default.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/bbeard.html

http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=39

http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=96