Pirates Quotes

“pleaded their belly, meaning that they were pregnant; English law would not allow an unborn infant to be killed. Mary Read may have died in childbirth while in jail. History does not reveal what happened to Anne Bonny.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“efforts were in vain, and the crew was arrested and put on trial. One of the victims of the attack testified that “two women, prisoners at the bar, were then on board the said sloop and wore men’s jackets and long trousers and handkerchiefs tied about their heads; and that each of them had a machete and pistol in their hands, and cursed and swore at the men to murder her.” Other witnesses also attested that the women did not seem to have been kept by force or detained against their will. The entire crew was convicted and sentenced to hang. But Mary and Anne”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“There were females who found their way on board ship, with at least 50 women joining the trade. But the names which are remembered are Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Read, whose mother had clothed her in boy’s garb during her life, had actually spent time as a member of the British army. She fell in love with and married a soldier, retiring to run a tavern. Her”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Calico Jack Rackham had served as a quartermaster for pirate Charles Vane’s ship in New Providence, but had become captain when the crew quarreled with Vane and set him ashore, electing Rackham as their captain. In 1719, Rackham was granted a pardon by Governor Rogers. Not long after that, Rackham met the illegitimate daughter of a”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“pirates’ intention to win profit. In 1715, pirates, mostly English, raided Spanish divers near Florida who were recovering the treasure of a sunken galleon. The governor of Jamaica, however, would not let the pirates spend their findings on the island.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“The Golden Age of Piracy arose from a time when the powers of Europe were locked in a fierce battle for naval and mercantile supremacy, and as the fortunes of these nations ebbed and flowed, so did piracy”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“The Thirty Years War lasted from 1618-1648 and included not only the doctrinal conflict between Protestants and Catholics that the Reformation had incited, but also between Catholic powers Spain and France.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Francis Drake but also Sir Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins, Richard Grenville, and the Gilberts, whose climb in rank did not suffer from their pirate leanings. As Sir Henry Mainwaring, pirate turned admiral of the navy under King James I,”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Martin Frobisher was called into service and given command of a squadron of ships when the Spanish Armada threatened in 1588. He was enraged when Sir Francis Drake, a pirate who was rewarded with a knighthood for his prize-taking prowess, seized a Spanish ship”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Elizabeth didn’t have the money to build a wartime Navy, and the Spanish, the might of Europe, were about to launch their Armada against her small nation.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Martin Frobisher was arrested more than once as a pirate in the 1560s, but he was later hired by the Queen’s top advisor, William Cecil, as a ship’s captain for the Crown.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“When Elizabeth I ascended to the throne, her sailors were described as pirates by other nations. The English colony at Roanoke, Virginia was a base for attacks on Spanish shipping.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“The Age of Exploration saw the monarchs of Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands seeking to expand their power, boundaries, and sources of wealth into the New World.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“As nations gained stability and stronger kings ruled, the punishment that was meted out to transgressors of the law became increasingly severe. In 1241, a man named William Maurice was the first man in England convicted of piracy. His sentence was to be hanged, drawn and quartered,”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“For three centuries, the Vikings were the scourge of Europe and their pirate skills provided them with a unique form of commerce in the medieval period. Eventually, the Vikings who came to plunder other lands decided to stay there, and as they mingled and intermarried with the natives, they eventually converted to Christianity”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“After the Fall of Rome, the order that had characterized Europe vanished, and as there was no single authority capable of protecting the nations and no force strong enough to punish invaders,”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“There was no Roman authority backing up his threat; there was only Julius Caesar, whose last name was not yet a title. Yet it was enough. After the ransom was paid and he was freed, he returned with a fleet”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“The pirates sought a ransom of 20 silver talents, which might not sound like much until its conversion into modern currency; the ransom was around $600,000 in modern funds. In 75 BCE, the 25-year old Caesar”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“Julius Caesar captive when he was sailing on the Aegean Sea.”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End

“The Cilician pirates who dominated the waters of the Mediterranean”
― Henry Freeman, Pirates: The Golden Age of Piracy: A History From Beginning to End