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Online History Class
AHOY THERE, MATEY!!!
Adora Svitak's Online Class on Pirates.
INFLUENTIAL, IMPORTANT, AND INFAMOUS PIRATES:
Anne Bonny-- Anne Bonny was a woman pirate and the accomplice of Jack Rackham, another important pirate. She fought as well (probably even better) as any man, and that was what her fellow pirates thought her to be. Like most of the other women pirates of her time, she dressed in men's clothes for better flexibility (imagine wielding a cutlass and darting from side to side with huge skirts to trip you up).
William Kidd-- William Kidd was a privateer, or a pirate licensed to roam the high seas by a monarch or ruler. Privateers carried "letters of marque" which authorized them to attack ships of other countries, and when captured by enemies they were not usually hanged like common pirates, but instead imprisoned. Kidd became more of a pirate after his crew mutinied and was captured and tried for privacy. Kidd tried to produce his privateering license that would show his activities were legal, but he failed to do so and was hanged.
Mary Read-- Mary Read was another woman pirate, and like Anne Bonny, she was thought to be an illegitimate child. She was disguised as a boy for most of her childhood so that her grandmother would willingly give her mother money to care for her and continued to disguise herself as a man even after she was told she was female. After she married she wore women's clothes, but when her husband died she dressed as a man again and joined pirates who had captured her ship. She made friends with Anne Bonny, and with the rest of their crew they prowled the high seas as pirates.
For more info check out Pirates by John Matthews at your local library or surf the web for cool pirate sites.
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