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The pirates' pact : the secret alliances between history's most notorious buccaneers and colonial America / Douglas R. Burgess, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Douglas R., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pirates--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--History.
- Pirates--Caribbean Area--History.
- Piracy--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--History.
- Piracy--Caribbean Area--History.
- Governors--United States--History.
- Governors--West Indies, British--History.
- Colonies.
- Administration.
- Governors.
- History.
- Piracy.
- Pirates.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.
- Great Britain.
- America.
- Great Britain--Colonies--West Indies--Administration.
- West Indies.
- United States.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2009]
- Summary:
- From previously undiscovered archives in England, the Carolinas, Rhode Island, Jamaica, and elsewhere, Douglas Burgess has synthesized a fascinating retelling of the "Golden Age of Piracy," from 1660 to 1725. Pirates needed patrons, the fragile American colonies needed maritime wealth and coastal protection, and everyone except the English crown benefited from untaxed and unregulated black-market profits. The mighty buccaneer Blackbeard was sheltered by the governor of North Carolina. Successive governors of New York consorted with Thomas Tew and William Kidd. And the resulting pattern of official disobedience to the Crown would ultimately contribute to the American push for independence. The Pirates' Pact brilliantly combines groundbreaking research with true tales of derring-do on the coasts of colonial America.
- Contents:
- Enemies of the human race
- Erring captains : state-sponsored piracy and its aftermath
- "His majesty's pleasure" : Henry Morgan and Jamaica
- Oddsfish!
- The pirate cabal
- King Baldridge and the Red Sea pirates
- Amity, liberty, and Thomas Tew
- Henry Every, "as yet an Englishman's friend"
- Trials and tribulations
- The most hated man in America
- Nemesis
- "Your loving friends"
- The despair of Lord Bellomont
- "That race of wicked men"
- Afterword : pirate patronage in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780071474764
- 0071474765
- 9780071547635
- 0071547630
- OCLC:
- 225873712
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