No matter the title, these men lit into their jobs, harassing and plundering Spanish shipping, launching operations against Spanish settlements, and keeping Jamaica safe for the English. Many got rich. The best of them, including the legendary pirate Henry Morgan, became wealthy beyond imagination. All seemed to spread their good fortune across Port Royal, and, in turn, many people in the town became rich. Merchants, government officials, and townsfolk profited by dealing in vast quantities of stolen goods. The town expanded, its crooked wharf-side streets filling with markets that offered
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