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The name of Blackbeard has been attached to many local attractions, such as Charleston's Blackbeard's Cove. [130] His name and persona have also featured heavily in literature. He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard: A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia. [131]
On August 18, 2015, then North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed "Blackbeard's Law," N.C. General Statute §121-25(b), into law.The statute stated that, "All photographs, video recordings, or other documentary materials of a derelict vessel or shipwreck or its contents, relics, artifacts, or historic materials in the custody of any agency of the North Carolina government or its ...
Both men drew their cutlasses and a melee ensued, with Blackbeard managing to break Maynard's weapon. When Blackbeard was about to deliver a killing blow, another sailor, a Highlander, jumped on his back and inflicted a deep wound. Blackbeard's cutlass landed on Maynard's knuckles. Maynard and his crew were then able to kill Blackbeard. [2] [3]
Blackbeard is undeniably a bad guy, as are the World Government and the Five Elders who sit at the top of the world – literally and figuratively. But that does not mean they’re on the same side.
Many stories have been retold time and time again about Blackbeard’s capturing ships with hostages and bribing them with their lives in turn for favors to benefit his conquests. The fearful pirate in 1718, eventually took an offer of a pardon by the Governor of South Carolina and retired to the isle of Ocracoke an outer island off the coast ...
A Florida jury took a half hour Tuesday to spare the life of a man they convicted last week in the slaying of a Florida State University law professor who was gunned down in his garage. Instead, a ...
President Joe Biden signed 50 bills into law on Tuesday that include making the bald eagle the country's official bird and one that stops members of Congress from collecting their pensions if ...
Late October – Richard Worley, American pirate captain (birthdate unknown). November 22 – Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, killed in battle (born c. 1680). [3] December 10 – Stede Bonnet, the so-called Gentleman Pirate, hanged (born c. 1688). April 25 – Lars Gathenhielm