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[Narrator] Of all the captains
who sailed
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during the Golden Age
of Piracy,
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few were as feared
as Blackbeard.
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[Professor] When you think
of Blackbeard,
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you just think
of this towering man
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with a huge black beard
and brace of pistols
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inspiring terror.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard
spent his career at sea
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building a powerful notoriety
for merciless violence.
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[Historian]
A lot of his reputation
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was built on his image.
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[Narrator] He takes the helm
of the Queen Anne's Revenge,
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transforming it into one
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of the world's
most infamous pirate ships
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and fills it with a brutal
and bloodthirsty crew.
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[Historian] He was happy
to go around plundering ships,
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taking treasure,
evading capture,
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doing some really
quite daring things.
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[Narrator]
Could his fearsome image
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have been carefully fashioned
by the man himself?
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Or by a Royal Navy
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desperate to portray him
as a worthy adversary?
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Blackbeard's short career
triggers drastic change
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and marks the beginning
of the end
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of the Golden Age of Piracy.
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[Hannah Cusworth] One of
the really fascinating things
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about Blackbeard
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is that we actually really
don't know that much
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about his beginnings.
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There are lots of
kind of myths and ideas.
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With a lot of these pirates,
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we are never going
to necessarily know.
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[Narrator] Before he became one
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of the most notorious outlaws
in America,
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Blackbeard was a common sailor
named Edward Teach
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who is believed
to have been born in 1680
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in Bristol, England.
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Like many others at the time,
growing up in a port town,
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he joins a merchant vessel
at a young age
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and then serves as a privateer
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in a career that takes him
across the Atlantic Ocean
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to the Americas.
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[David Wilson] From 1716,
piracy is really operating
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from New Providence
in the Bahamas.
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There is a group of pirate crews
operating from there
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which at this point
didn't really have
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any form of governance,
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so the pirates utilized it
as a key outpost.
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[Charles Ewan] It was
a good time to be a pirate
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because there wasn't a lot
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of real military
or governmental power
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in the Caribbean
or the southeastern US
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or any of the colonies
at that time.
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So, you didn't have
a large naval presence,
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so you could be
a successful pirate.
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Piracy flourishes
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where there are weak
governmental structures.
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[Narrator] Edward Teach
has found himself
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aboard one of the numerous
privateering ships
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of the Caribbean.
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His captain
is Benjamin Hornigold,
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who preys on Spanish shipping
throughout the Atlantic.
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[Ewan] It's important
to know the difference
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between being a privateer
and being a pirate.
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Hornigold had a license
to prey on Spanish shipping.
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Then, when hostilities cease,
that goes away,
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and you become a pirate.
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[Narrator] Benjamin Hornigold
is the unofficial pirate king
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of Nassau in the Bahamas,
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a lawless settlement ruled
not by European empires
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but by a brotherhood
of cutthroat pirates.
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The island becomes his base
for a series of raids.
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Edward Teach,
now in his late 30s,
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rises through the ranks,
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becoming ever more valuable
to Hornigold's crew,
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but his ambitions are starting
to outgrow his captain.
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He adopts a fearsome new
nickname: Blackbeard.
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[Wilson] Benjamin Hornigold
wants to continue
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just attacking the Spanish,
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and then members of his crew
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want to continue and attack
anyone that they come across.
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[Ewan] Blackbeard said,
"I think we can really increase
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our wealth
if we go after everybody,"
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and is able to convince
the majority of the crew
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that that is the way to go.
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That's how he becomes
the lead pirate, if you will,
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of this small flotilla.
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[Narrator] When Hornigold
refuses to attack
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a vulnerable group
of British merchantmen,
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there's a mutiny.
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Blackbeard and the crew
depose Hornigold as captain
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and strike out on their own.
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Now Blackbeard is in charge,
any vessel is fair game,
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those belonging
to fellow countrymen
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and even rival pirates.
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He wants them all.
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A tempting prize
sails into view.
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It's a well-armed 10-gun sloop
named The Revenge,
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led by 29-year-old
Stede Bonnet,
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a wealthy gentleman pirate.
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[Kevin Dawson] Stede Bonnet
was a Barbadian sugar planter
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who was actually wealthy.
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And for some reason he decides
to become a pirate.
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And so unlike other pirates
who steal their ships,
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who capture their ships,
Bonnet ends up buying a ship.
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He hires a crew,
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he goes off to the coast
of North America.
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He has some success
at capturing merchant ships
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off the North American coast,
but he has no maritime skill.
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[Narrator] To embark
on ambitious raids,
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Blackbeard needs to build
his fleet and crew
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by any means possible.
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Blackbeard sees an opportunity
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to take advantage
of Bonnet's naivety
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and persuades him
into a partnership.
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Bonnet believes he is
the captain of his ship,
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but, in reality, he's
little more than a prisoner,
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a pawn, to build
Blackbeard's pirate fleet
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and give his growing army
the firepower
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to attack bigger,
bolder targets.
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[Ewan]
After Blackbeard takes over,
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we see that he terrorizes
the Caribbean.
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[Wilson]
From there, he then moves
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to the North American coast
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and he's one of
the first individuals
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that starts operating
off the coast of North America.
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What they're attacking
is mostly English shipping.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard
spots an opportunity
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to plunder the British colonies
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dotted along the eastern coast
of North America.
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There's only one problem.
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If threatened,
the colonists can summon
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the mighty Royal Navy
for protection.
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Blackbeard and his crew will
never have a fighting force
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strong enough to challenge
the British Crown.
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However, the cunning captain
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has already begun cultivating
his own image,
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allowing tales to spread
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of a supernatural, immortal,
unstoppable pirate
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in league with the devil.
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It's the greatest,
most powerful weapon
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in Blackbeard's arsenal:
terror.
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[Wilson]
So pirates at this point
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are employing fear as a weapon,
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and part of that is
by making yourself recognizable,
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by ensuring that people
know who you are
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and your sort of notoriety.
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[Margarette Lincoln] When they
were chasing merchant ships,
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he would put lighted matches,
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which were essentially
lengths of rope
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that you would set a cannon
alight with, into his hat
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so that he did really look
like the devil incarnate.
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[Wilson] His victims,
they were often tortured
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to reveal where their
sort of stashes of treasure are.
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They're tortured
to reveal more information
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of other vessels
that might be nearby.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard's
horrifying legend swells
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as he sails from the Caribbean
to North America,
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terrifying stories
from survivors
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spreading through the colonies.
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His plan is working.
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Those who cross his path
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almost always opt
for a swift surrender
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over a violent death at
the hand of the devil's pirate.
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But now he's using
the same tactics
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to rule over his own crew,
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controlling them
with fear and theatrics,
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with little regard
for their lives.
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[Ewan] He says, let us make
a hell ourselves
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by lighting pots of brimstone
and putting them in the hold
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and staying in there
with the sulfur burning
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until they couldn't
stand it anymore
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and see which of us
could last the longest.
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[Lincoln] One drunken bout,
Blackbeard loaded his pistol
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and fired at random
under a table
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where he and two others
were playing cards,
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and he kneecapped his
second in command, Isaac Hands,
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who was lame
for the rest of his life.
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[Narrator] Fear has become
Blackbeard's greatest ally.
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By October 1717,
Blackbeard takes control
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of Stede Bonnet's ship,
The Revenge,
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and plunders his way
from Nassau
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to the coast of North America.
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He sails as far north
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as Virginia, Philadelphia
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and New York,
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attacking and seizing ships
as he goes.
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In a two-week spree,
he captures 15 vessels,
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ransacking their valuables
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and dumping everything else
into the sea.
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His men dismantle and sink
some of the ill-gotten ships.
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His plan has worked;
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Blackbeard is now the most
infamous pirate in America.
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But Blackbeard is
only getting started.
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Although they're strong enough
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to tackle merchant
and fishing vessels,
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to take on
the Royal Navy frigates
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patrolling these waters,
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he needs a formidable ship.
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As they continue south
towards the Caribbean,
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where transatlantic
shipping lanes converge,
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he spots the ideal prize:
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a huge 250-ton French
slave ship named La Concorde.
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[Wilson] Pirates often targeted
these larger slaving vessels
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because they were so large,
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which meant they could have
larger manpower on board.
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But they could also mount
more cannons on board as well,
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which meant they had
more firepower
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and they could attack bigger
and more lucrative prizes.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard closes in.
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When La Concorde's crew
recognize their attacker,
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they surrender immediately.
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Blackbeard seizes control
of their vast ship, crew
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and its cargo of almost
500 enslaved Africans.
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[Ewan] The point is that you
didn't want to have a big battle
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with the ship
you were trying to take.
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You wanted to scare it.
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When you came in contact
with a vessel
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that you wanted to capture,
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you would have your cannons
all run out,
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and then you would pull up
a skull and crossbones
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or a skeleton with an hourglass
saying your time is up.
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You wanted to scare them
into just giving up.
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That way you didn't have
to fight or damage the vessel,
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and you could take all their
stuff relatively unharmed.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard takes
his new prize, La Concorde,
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to Bequia, a secluded island
in the Grenadines.
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Here he sets to work
adapting the former slave ship
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for all-out war.
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He names her
the Queen Anne's Revenge,
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the pride of his fleet.
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[Ewan] Queen Anne's Revenge
was a bit over 100 feet long,
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30 feet wide, had several decks.
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We think it had
at least 40 cannon.
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[Lincoln]
And that he used this ship
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as part of a big fleet
that he was building up.
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At which point he called himself
a commodore.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard
now has control
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of seven heavily armed ships.
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He's building
his vast pirate army
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and has established
his reputation
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in a matter of months
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as the world's
most dangerous pirate.
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[Narrator] To operate
the Queen Anne's Revenge,
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Blackbeard needs more men.
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He turns to the captured crew
of La Concorde,
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forces the strongest 61
enslaved Africans
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and 10 French captives
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to join his crew
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and banishes the rest.
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[Mark Hanna]
During this time period,
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a large percentage of the crews
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were forced men, they did not
want to be on these ships.
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So how do you force someone
on board a ship?
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What do you do when you
attack another vessel?
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That creates
a really tricky problem
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for someone like Blackbeard,
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because he might have
a majority of his crew
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don't really want to be there
and he needs them to fight.
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So one way of doing this
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is to get them to sign
some sort of document.
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What they're typically known
as, articles.
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And the articles could be
rules of how to live.
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A lot of historians
have depicted pirate articles
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as being very forward-looking,
brilliant ways
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of getting societies
to sort of come together.
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But in fact, you could see it
the opposite.
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Pirate articles could be
perceived instead
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as ways of getting
a forced crew member to fight.
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Because if you sign your name
on those articles,
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it means legally you've said
that you are joining this crew,
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and if you're captured
by the Royal Navy,
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you'll be executed.
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You signed your name
to that document
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saying you're part
of Blackbeard's crew.
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That means that,
no matter how happy you are
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to be part of the crew or not,
you better fight or die.
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[Lincoln] By this period,
the crew was highly diverse.
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[M�lanie Lamotte]
Probably a majority of pirates
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sailing across the Pacific,
the Indian Ocean
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and the Atlantic
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were not white European men.
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A lot of them
were actually African
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or of African ancestry
in this time period.
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Some of them were
formerly enslaved.
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Others were actually
marooned slaves,
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so basically they had run away
from their plantation.
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I have read that a significant
proportion of Blackbeard's crew
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was actually Black.
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[Narrator] History speaks of
a pirate on Blackbeard's crew
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who goes by the name
Black Caesar.
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[Cusworth] We definitely know
that there was
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a Black person called Caesar
who was with Blackbeard.
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That is
in the historical record.
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It seems like it's actually
maybe a conglomeration
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of a lot of different
Black pirates
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from across that time period.
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So sometimes we have him
in Florida,
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sometimes we-
he's described
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as having this kind of harem
of women on some island.
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He's described as then having
an alliance with Blackbeard.
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What is really fascinating
for me about Black Caesar,
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it's clear that at this time
being a Black pirate
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wasn't incredibly rare,
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and that we have a huge number
of different people
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whose lives and stories
have all come together
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into this larger-than-life
character of Black Caesar.
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[Narrator] To Blackbeard
it doesn't matter
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where his pirates come from,
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so long as they're able,
strong and fierce.
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Within a single year
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he has assembled
the wildest men at sea
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and transformed them
into a pirate army
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ferocious enough to operate
in the same seas
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as the mighty Royal Navy.
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? ?
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Months of raiding
in tropical waters
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and fortifying their ships
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has taken its toll
on Blackbeard's growing crew.
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Life at sea is treacherous.
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? ?
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[Lincoln] They did suffer
ill health.
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They did suffer malnutrition.
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They did suffer a life
where they were exposed
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to the elements and to shipwreck
and running out of supplies.
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This is one of the things that
you don't really think about
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on pirate voyages,
how awful it must have been.
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[Narrator] For a pirate
on the open oceans,
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the hunt for food, water
and other supplies
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can eclipse their appetite
for silver and gold.
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? ?
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Blackbeard and his crew
are suffering-
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hungry, thirsty,
and riddled with disease
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from the brothels of Nassau.
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They're in dire need
of medical supplies.
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[Wilson] Whereas the pirates
of the 17th century
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would have been able to sail
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to colonial ports
that supported them
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and gain access
to these supplies,
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the pirates of the 18th century
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are now isolated
from those markets,
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from those colonial ports.
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So they have to find
more inventive ways
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to gain access
to the supplies they need.
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[Narrator]
Desperate for medical supplies,
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Blackbeard and his ailing crew
are about to embark
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on their most daring
mission yet.
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They set sail
for South Carolina,
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a rapidly expanding
British colony
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on the American East Coast.
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Their target: the well-stocked,
developing port city
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of Charles Town.
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It's heavily fortified,
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with walls making the city
impenetrable by land,
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but it's vulnerable
to a blockade by sea.
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With the Queen Anne's Revenge
leading his mighty flotilla,
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Blackbeard and his men are
strong enough to wreak havoc,
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but the captain hopes
his devilish reputation
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will lead the city
to give in without a fight.
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Pirates sail through
the narrow mouth of the harbor,
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making it impossible for anyone
to enter or exit the port.
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This is a nightmare
for a port city
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reliant on trade.
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Blackbeard's plan is designed
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to get the governor's
attention.
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? ?
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[Wilson] Blackbeard
blockades this harbor
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for around one to two weeks,
taking all vessels
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that are trying to come in
and trying to get out.
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[Narrator]
Strategically positioned,
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Blackbeard draws a net
around Charles Town harbor.
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Boats immediately begin
to fall into his trap.
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He captures his first ship
before it can raise the alarm.
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? ?
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He seizes another five vessels,
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taking their passengers
as prisoners.
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[shouting]
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? ?
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[Ewan] He has the most
formidable naval force
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in the vicinity.
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His Queen Anne's Revenge
had 40 cannon,
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his smaller vessels probably had
10 to 12 cannon a piece.
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He captures some
of the more prominent citizens.
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He demands ransom from the port.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard has
a powerful bargaining chip-
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many of these captives
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are wealthy residents
of Charles Town.
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[Wilson]
What he's really wanting
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is an exchange
of prisoners that he's taken
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for medical supplies.
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[Narrator] If the governor
fails to provide them,
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he threatens to execute
all 80 hostages,
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sink every last ship
in the harbor
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and even attack
the town itself.
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[Lincoln] And he sent two
of his crew off to Charleston
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with the list of medicines
to get the chest.
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[Narrator]
Several long days pass.
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Blackbeard still hasn't
received a response.
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He prepares to attack the city
and murder the hostages.
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00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,719
[Lincoln] Two crew members
he sent off to Charleston
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immediately got drunk.
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00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,999
So although citizens
rustled up the medicines
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as fast as they could
to send out,
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they couldn't find
the two drunken crew members
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to go back with them.
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00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,919
And they knew they couldn't
just send the chest,
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because Blackbeard
would think it was a trap.
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[Narrator] Eventually
the drunken crew members
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are located,
and the medicine is delivered.
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00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,399
Blackbeard calls off
his assault on Charles Town
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and releases the hostages,
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but not before stealing
their valuables.
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Nobody has been injured
or killed.
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But for an entire week,
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one of the wealthiest ports
in North America
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has been brought
to a total standstill
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by the fearsome reputation
of a single man.
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His plan has worked flawlessly.
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[Wilson] It shows what impact
even a small number of pirates,
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even a small number
of pirate vessels,
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can cause for colonial shipping
throughout the Americas.
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[Narrator]
Blackbeard slips away,
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his legend spreading
across the East Coast.
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[Wilson] At this point,
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because of the way
the colonial governments worked,
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there were individual colonial
governments per colony,
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so they're all responding in
their own ways to these attacks.
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Sometimes they collaborate,
sometimes they don't,
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00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,199
but what that means
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is that the responses
to these individuals
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is pretty fragmented
and detached
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depending on when and where
they're operating.
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[Ewan] And it doesn't get
under control
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until the merchants go
to the Crown and say, look,
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you are losing a lot
of tax money, a lot of revenue.
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And that's really
what gets the government
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to kind of step in
and declare a war on pirates.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard must move
on from South Carolina quickly.
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Whilst the blockade
of Charles Town
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00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,679
was a great success
for Blackbeard,
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its repercussions
will make the future harder,
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not only for him,
but for every pirate.
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[Lincoln]
There was a huge movement
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to clean up the islands,
the Bahamas and piracy.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard
has nowhere to hide.
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Even his former base,
the lawless city of Nassau,
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is no longer safe.
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The new governor,
Woodes Rogers,
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is a formidable pirate hunter,
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sent by the British Crown
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with a mission
to clean up the island
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and capture outlaws
like Blackbeard.
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[Lincoln]
Pirate hunter Woodes Rogers,
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who had himself been
a privateer,
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got a commission to do this.
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He arranged that he would get
some kind of payment
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for putting down piracy
in this pirate lair.
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[Ewan] One of the ways
they try to stop this
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is by saying, look,
if we catch you, you're dead.
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It's a death sentence
if you're convicted of piracy.
469
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:21,639
? ?
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We'll put your body in a cage
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00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,359
and we'll hang it
out in front of a harbor
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to show what happens to pirates.
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If you give up being a pirate,
we will give you amnesty;
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we'll forgive all
your past transgressions.
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Clean slate.
You can move forward.
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[Lincoln] Then he went armed
with a pardon
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so that anybody, any pirate
who gave himself up
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would be pardoned,
get the royal pardon.
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And then he used the pirates
who surrendered, effectively,
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to chase other pirates.
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[Narrator] Blackbeard
has escaped Charles Town,
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and without the safety
of Nassau,
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he scours the East Coast,
seeking a new hideout.
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But then his flagship,
the Queen Anne's Revenge,
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suddenly runs aground.
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It is completely destroyed,
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just as the pirate hunters
are closing in.
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[Narrator]
Blackbeard's flagship,
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the Queen Anne's Revenge,
is stranded,
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run aground
in the shallow sands
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of the Topsail Inlet
on the coast of North Carolina.
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For almost three centuries
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little has been known
of his fate,
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following the Charles Town
blockade.
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But in 1996, archaeologists
made a remarkable discovery:
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the wreckage of
the Queen Anne's Revenge.
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[Ewan] They found a number
of cannon that were down there,
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coin weight that had
Queen Anne on it.
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00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,639
It was clearly from her reign.
500
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,359
It was a couple of years
before the archaeologist,
501
00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:59,199
before our team,
was able to say, yeah,
502
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,959
we're pretty sure this
is the Queen Anne's Revenge.
503
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,879
[Narrator] It is one of only
a few confirmed pirate wrecks
504
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,719
ever to be found.
505
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,199
This incredible discovery
offered archaeologists
506
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,039
a unique window
into Blackbeard's life at sea
507
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,559
and an opportunity to see
if the tales of old
508
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,399
matched their findings.
509
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,839
[Lamotte] Thousands of artifacts
510
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,919
were actually excavated
from this ship.
511
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,239
One of those artifacts
was actually a book
512
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,959
which was a travel narrative
513
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,359
written in the early
18th century
514
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,919
which could be a confirmation
that Blackbeard
515
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:40,279
was actually educated
and that he was literate.
516
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,759
[Ewan] The Queen Anne's Revenge
is a treasure trove
517
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,359
of early 18th century artifacts.
518
00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,959
There's pewter plates, weights
for weighing gold dust.
519
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,319
In fact, about 20 grams
of gold dust
520
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,999
have actually been recovered.
521
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,279
We knew that there had been
20 pounds of gold dust on it.
522
00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:01,039
We assume that Blackbeard took
most of that when he left.
523
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,479
Interesting things
524
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,599
that distinguishes a pirate ship
from, say, a merchant vessel
525
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,559
is when we were excavating
526
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,919
in the forward part of the ship
where the crew was,
527
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,239
you find a lot nicer things
than you might expect.
528
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,559
There was this crystal stemware.
529
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,599
What's a pirate doing
with crystalware?
530
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,959
They should be drinking
out of pewter
531
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,119
or, or just out of the bottle.
532
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,959
Well, this was stuff
that was stolen.
533
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,799
There were a number
of navigation instruments
534
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,399
which kind of helped us
identify this as a pirate ship.
535
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,679
One of the things that you did
when you robbed a ship
536
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,519
is you took things of value,
537
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,119
and part of that was
navigation instruments.
538
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:42,359
There were medical instruments
that were found.
539
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,879
One of the things
that Blackbeard demanded
540
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,319
when he besieged Charleston
was a chest of medicine.
541
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,119
There was a urethral syringe
542
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,559
used for treating
venereal disease.
543
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,639
It still had traces of mercury
that would have been used.
544
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,199
There were shackles
that were found
545
00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,879
that we might be able
to trace back
546
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,199
to when this was a slave ship.
547
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,079
It was a slave ship
for about seven years;
548
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,839
it was only a pirate ship
for about six months.
549
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,519
It's unknown how much treasure
550
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,759
was actually
on the Queen Anne's Revenge
551
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,439
when it ran aground.
552
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,839
I would imagine that Blackbeard
553
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:21,079
would have taken anything
of any real value with him.
554
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,279
The question becomes, was it
an accidental running aground
555
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,599
or did Blackbeard
do this on purpose?
556
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,839
The archaeology of it suggests
that it did run aground,
557
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,679
that it wasn't lost in a storm
or any other mishap like that.
558
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,479
Looking at the surviving parts
of the hull
559
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,159
suggests that there were a lot
of lead patches on there,
560
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,399
that the ship was not
in terribly good shape,
561
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,319
that it was getting pretty leaky
562
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,159
from being
in the tropical waters.
563
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,759
And Blackbeard had up to 300
pirates under his command.
564
00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,159
This was a way of sort
of reducing his crew size,
565
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,759
corporate downsizing,
if you will,
566
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,359
by running his ship aground,
perhaps on purpose,
567
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,119
accidentally on purpose.
568
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,079
? ?
569
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,839
[Wilson] At this point in time,
King George I has issued
570
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,479
a royal proclamation
of pardon for pirates.
571
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,359
[Narrator]
The offer of a royal pardon
572
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,759
is attractive to Blackbeard;
573
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,239
his actions have made him
a prized target
574
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:31,479
for pirate hunters
and the Royal Navy.
575
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,639
By choosing to run
the Queen Anne's Revenge
576
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,279
aground himself,
577
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,439
sacrificing his own flagship
and most of his pirates,
578
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,679
Blackbeard slips away with
as much plunder as possible
579
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,679
and a smaller, elite crew.
580
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,559
[Wilson] The problem is so large
and so vast and so impactful
581
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:51,879
that a pardon is seen
582
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,479
as really one of the main ways
to deal with piracy.
583
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,039
It's expected that if pirates
are allowed to return
584
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,159
to colonial society
without repercussion,
585
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,839
then they'll do so, and that
will end the pirate threat.
586
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,479
[Narrator] Seeking this pardon
from South Carolina
587
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,119
would be unwise,
588
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,239
the governor still reeling
from the humiliation
589
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,319
of Blackbeard's blockade
of Charles Town.
590
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,159
His best bet is Charles Eden,
591
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,519
the governor of neighboring
North Carolina,
592
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:26,799
one of the poorest colonies
in British North America.
593
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,919
But Blackbeard must be careful.
594
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,359
The offer could be a trap.
595
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,039
He sends Stede Bonnet
596
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,959
to the town of Bath
in North Carolina
597
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:43,279
to claim a pardon as a test
of the governor's sincerity.
598
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,039
[Ewan] Blackbeard, I think,
really is a calculating person.
599
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,319
Certainly in it for himself.
600
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,159
[Narrator]
Bonnet's mission is a success;
601
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,079
he secures a pardon
for himself.
602
00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,399
News soon reaches Blackbeard;
the offer is legitimate.
603
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,359
But for Bonnet,
the good news is short-lived.
604
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,359
He returns to find
his ship ransacked
605
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,359
and his crew marooned.
606
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,159
Blackbeard has betrayed him.
607
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,919
Blackbeard selected
a small group of loyal pirates,
608
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,879
took most of the valuables
and vanished.
609
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,919
Those who remain-
250 men-
610
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:29,559
are left stranded
with little to survive on.
611
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,519
Blackbeard and those
lucky enough to join him
612
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,799
receive their own pardon
from Governor Eden
613
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:42,359
and a commission making them
legitimate privateers.
614
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,119
[Hanna] Privateering becomes
an acceptable act.
615
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,439
It becomes regulated, formally,
616
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,359
there's rules
that are administered.
617
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,639
So that means
that plundering at sea
618
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,839
is a thing that one can do,
but they can do it legally.
619
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,599
[Narrator]
Blackbeard splits his time
620
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,999
between the town of Bath,
Ocracoke Island,
621
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,840
and the high seas.
622
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,959
But it doesn't take long for
concerning reports to circulate
623
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,759
which suggest
the former pirate captain
624
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,600
may not be so reformed
after all.
625
00:32:20,351 --> 00:32:24,399
[Wilson] He seems to be
going to traders
626
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,759
and taking whatever goods
he wants
627
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,239
and giving them whatever money
he expects to give them.
628
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,479
So sort of give them
a little bit of money,
629
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,319
but not as much
as the goods are worth,
630
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,319
sort of committing piracy
by other means,
631
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,159
basically abusing
the traders of that region.
632
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,479
[Ewan] For the inhabitants
of South Carolina and Virginia,
633
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,999
they hated him because preyed
on their shipping,
634
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,199
but North Carolina
was a different story.
635
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,399
North Carolina
was this backwater
636
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,399
between these two
vibrant economies
637
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,799
in South Carolina and Virginia.
638
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,919
So, when Blackbeard shows up
with a lot of stolen goods
639
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,319
that were available
at a decent price,
640
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,559
well, of course we liked him.
641
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,599
What's not to like?
642
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,519
There's someone
bringing you goods
643
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,639
at a price you can afford.
644
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,759
[Wilson]
The governor of Virginia,
645
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,519
as well as the naval officers
in Virginia,
646
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,319
are gathering intelligence
on Blackbeard.
647
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,519
They know about the blockade
of South Carolina.
648
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,519
They're not that enthused
that right next door
649
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,599
is this notorious pirate
who may have taken a pardon,
650
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,879
but they don't really
accept that.
651
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,199
One of the naval captains
652
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,199
employs agents
in North Carolina,
653
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,090
basically to keep track
of Blackbeard and his movements.
654
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,359
[Narrator] Blackbeard is unaware
the governor of Virginia
655
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,719
has dispatched naval officers
to track him down.
656
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,919
? ?
657
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,319
Blackbeard spots
two French merchant ships
658
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,759
bound for the Caribbean.
659
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:04,559
He scans the horizon;
there are no witnesses.
660
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,199
He cannot resist.
661
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,999
Blackbeard captures
the merchant ships,
662
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,839
crew and cargo,
a clear act of piracy.
663
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,199
He takes one ship for himself,
664
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,039
transfers the prisoners
to the second
665
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,999
and orders them to sail away.
666
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,559
When Blackbeard arrives
back in North Carolina,
667
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,519
he claims to Governor Eden
that the ship was found at sea,
668
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,399
drifting aimlessly
without a crew,
669
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,200
making it a legitimate prize.
670
00:34:36,201 --> 00:34:40,159
[Ewan] The governor says, huh?
Well, that's pretty amazing.
671
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:45,439
I guess you can sell the cargo
and give us our share of it.
672
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,799
[Wilson] There were members
of the North Carolina government
673
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,199
who seemed to support
Blackbeard.
674
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,199
[Narrator] With word of
Blackbeard's piracy spreading,
675
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,159
naval officers from Virginia
arrive in Bath,
676
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,719
seeking evidence
of stolen goods.
677
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:02,359
[Wilson] They find the goods
of that vessel
678
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,799
within the barn of
the chief justice of the colony.
679
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,199
So the very person that should
be cracking down on piracy
680
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,479
has the goods of the pirate
stashed in his barn.
681
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:11,759
And it's really
from this point on
682
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,519
that the Virginian governor
and the naval officers
683
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,679
start to move against Blackbeard
684
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:18,799
because they see the fact
685
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,000
that he is intending
to continue piracy.
686
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,239
[Narrator] Blackbeard thrives
in his new career
687
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,039
as a not-so-secret pirate
688
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,199
enjoying the protection
of North Carolina's governor
689
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,680
as he builds up his base
on Ocracoke Island.
690
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,519
Blackbeard hosts
a raucous celebration
691
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,959
for his crew and
some visiting merchants.
692
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,039
They drink and gorge
themselves,
693
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,439
unaware that powerful forces
in neighboring Virginia
694
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:53,479
are already moving
against them.
695
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,959
Virginia's governor,
696
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,919
outraged by Blackbeard's
unrepentant piracy,
697
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,239
sends two sloops led
by Lieutenant Robert Maynard
698
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,599
to invade Blackbeard's hideout.
699
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,959
[Lincoln]
Maynard sailed very cautiously
700
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,759
up to the mouth of this creek,
701
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,159
where he had intelligence
702
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,679
that Blackbeard
had anchored his ship.
703
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,599
[Wilson] What's important
is that on these two sloops,
704
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,039
there are no mounted cannons,
705
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,159
so they are going into this
battle purely with small arms,
706
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,360
without any ability to fire
broadsides into Blackbeard.
707
00:36:26,361 --> 00:36:30,399
[Lincoln] Blackbeard,
who was already quite drunk
708
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,479
by the time that he got news
of Maynard's coming,
709
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,959
was alerted to the fact
710
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,960
and suddenly realized
he'd have to shoot it out.
711
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:45,719
? ?
712
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:49,039
[Wilson] The first sloop starts
to sail into Ocracoke Inlet
713
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,800
but is then beached.
714
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:58,039
So the second sloop proceeds
and is engaged by Blackbeard.
715
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:03,839
[shouting and gunfire]
716
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,399
[Lincoln] Maynard's sloop
and Blackbeard's ship
717
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,719
exchanged fire.
718
00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:12,679
And at close range, of course,
this was just terrible.
719
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,879
A great proportion of Maynard's
crew were just mown down.
720
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,280
He was very sensible, though;
he kept the rest out of sight.
721
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:23,879
[Man] Surrender!
722
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,159
[Ewan] They finally
get close enough
723
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,880
that they can grapple
with one another.
724
00:37:30,041 --> 00:37:32,599
[Lincoln] Blackbeard thought
725
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,839
that actually he had
a clear way,
726
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,079
that Maynard didn't have
very many men left,
727
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:38,879
and so he jumped onto the ship,
728
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,999
and at which point, of course,
Maynard's men jumped up,
729
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,839
and Blackbeard found
that he had many more to fight
730
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,479
than he thought he had to.
731
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,399
[shouting]
732
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,879
[Ewan] The crews
fight hand to hand.
733
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,359
[shouting]
734
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,079
[gunshot]
735
00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:01,319
Blackbeard is shot by Maynard
but keeps fighting.
736
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:06,639
He suffers 25 sword cuts
and shots.
737
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:10,959
[Lincoln] And he was just about
to mow Maynard down
738
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,759
when somebody jumped behind him
and slit his throat.
739
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,920
[shouts echoing]
740
00:38:16,921 --> 00:38:21,679
[Wilson] Blackbeard's head
is then taken from his body
741
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,479
and hanged from the bowsprit
of the sloop.
742
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,799
[Ewan] Depending on which legend
you want to believe,
743
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,319
at that point, Blackbeard's body
is thrown overboard
744
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:36,199
and it swims around the ship
five to seven times.
745
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,679
[Narrator] Maynard,
an officer of the Royal Navy,
746
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,400
has defeated
the infamous Blackbeard.
747
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[Narrator]
It had only taken two years
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for Edward Teach to evolve
from a common privateer
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to Blackbeard, the most feared
pirate on Earth.
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00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,959
But now he's met
his bloody fate
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at the hands of the Royal Navy.
752
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,719
So how did his legend
continue to grow,
753
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his brutal reputation
754
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gripping the world's
collective imagination
755
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,399
for centuries to come?
756
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,679
? ?
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[Wilson] What happens after the
battle and after the skirmish
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is that the accounts
of this attack
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are then printed
and widely disseminated
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in Europe and London
and in the Americas,
761
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really to show the formidity
of the Royal Navy,
762
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really to show
that if you are a pirate,
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the Navy will come
and hunt you down.
764
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It's to show the successes
against piracy.
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That starts to build up
the myth of Blackbeard.
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[Narrator] The Royal Navy
had a lot to gain
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by encouraging
Blackbeard's reputation,
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building him up
as a brutal adversary
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that only the fiercest
naval officers could take down.
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00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,639
The more ferocious he sounded,
771
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the better the Navy looked
for defeating him.
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[Lincoln]
The myth of Blackbeard,
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which is this huge man,
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devil-like, that you
couldn't really kill,
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who was able to withstand
numerous wounds
776
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before he finally keeled over
onto the deck.
777
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This could have been done just
to big-up Maynard's reputation,
778
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because at this point
in the pirate wars
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it was very important
that naval officers
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came out of it
looking as heroes.
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[Wilson]
They sort of want Blackbeard
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to seem like a notorious pirate
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that they have managed to
suppress through the Royal Navy.
784
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They're quite lucky
to encounter him
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with such a reduced number
of individuals.
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If they had encountered
Blackbeard
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on the Queen Anne's Revenge,
for example,
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with the 40 cannon
and with this full crew,
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these two sloops would not have
been able to match him at all.
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00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,359
It's only the fact
that they are able to engage him
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in this small inlet
and catch him by surprise
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that it seems
that they find success.
793
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,999
? ?
794
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,679
[Narrator] Blackbeard also
had known the strength
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of his own terrifying legend.
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00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,519
He'd mastered
shock-and-awe tactics
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which allowed him to spread
frightening rumors
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of his hellish mystical powers,
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aware that these would haunt
God-fearing men.
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The wilder the tale, the more
effective his use of fear.
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[Ewan] A lot of the lives
of pirates was sensationalized,
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and that's what we get
from Blackbeard.
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[Cusworth] Often it was
about inspiring fear
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in the heart of your enemy.
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If you think about pirate ships,
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they actually didn't always have
the best record
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against the Royal Navy when
they actually went head to head,
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and so it was much more
about your kind of image
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and rumor and reputation.
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00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:48,959
[Ewan]
The most interesting things
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about Blackbeard and his legend
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is that we have no record
of him killing anyone
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00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:56,599
until the final battle.
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00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,519
I find that curious.
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[Wilson]
He tortures individuals,
816
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he does attack them, he does
seem quite brutal in doing so.
817
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,959
There was no real justifications
for what he was doing.
818
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But really I don't think
he's any more brutal
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than any of the other pirates
at this point in time.
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00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,759
[Ewan] I think he
certainly was self-serving
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and had an agenda
to enrich himself.
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If you could help him do that,
823
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like the governor
of North Carolina,
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well, then, that was great.
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00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,439
[Cusworth] People are very
interested in Blackbeard's tales
826
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because of this
romantic side of it,
827
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of the adventure, of the drama,
828
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and people are really drawn
to those kind of stories,
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and I think for all
of those reasons
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he is that kind
of quintessential pirate.
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[gunshot]
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[Narrator] Blackbeard's
piratical career
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may have been short-lived,
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but his name carries weight
to this day,
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his legacy steering the myth
836
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,879
that pirates were
mystical beings,
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00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,559
spreading the fallacy that
sailors could be cursed at sea.
838
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:03,399
Blackbeard understood
the power of fear;
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he built his reputation on it.
840
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,399
But when the Royal Navy
finally defeated him,
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00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,079
they used the same stories
to prove their strength,
842
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,159
bolstering their own image.
843
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,479
In doing so,
they verified legend,
844
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,159
securing Blackbeard's legacy.
845
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,039
[Ewan] You wanted to be
as terrifying as you could,
846
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,559
just made you more successful.
847
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,119
I'm sure had Blackbeard
had been alive,
848
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he would have reveled in it.
849
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[Narrator] In only two years,
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Blackbeard had stirred
enough chaos
851
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,079
throughout the Caribbean
and the Americas
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00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:44,439
to push the Royal Navy
to secure their waters,
853
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,759
forcing other pirates
to look east,
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across the Atlantic
to unprotected shores.
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