Blackbeard - Research Article from Outlaws, Mobsters and Crooks

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about Blackbeard.

Blackbeard - Research Article from Outlaws, Mobsters and Crooks

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about Blackbeard.
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(Edward Teach)

Born: c. 1680
Died: November 22, 1718
AKA: Edward Tach, Tash, Tatch, Thatch, Drummond

Blackbeard was a legend in his own time. Born in England, he plundered (robbed) ships traveling to and from the American colonies—as well as vessels in the Caribbean. Although his reign of terror lasted only two years, he became one of the best-known sea robbers in all of history.

Blackbeard (Edward Teach)

From privateer to pirate

Edward Teach was probably born somewhere near Bristol, England. Little is known of his early life—except that he went to sea as a young man. As a privateer (legalized pirate) during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713), he plundered ships in the West Indies. When the war ended in 1713, he turned to piracy, like many other former privateers.

By 1716, Teach was serving under the command of Benjamin Thornigold, a pirate captain. On Thornigold’s ship, he...

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