He might have been a pirate king, but his loyalty to England prevented him from attacking English ships, which reduced his popularity with the pirates. He literally taught pirating to some of the most famous pirates ever, including Sam Bellamy and Blackbeard, and his influence colored the careers of dozens of pirate ships and over a thousand individual pirates. Hornigold was a pivotal figure in the story of the Caribbean pirates. He began pirating, starting out with a canoe, and building his power until he captained the Benjamin – a warship as large as the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Her ultimate fate is unknown.Ī former privateer, Benjamin Hornigold lost the support of the English government after the end of the War of Spanish Succession (Also called Queen Anne’s War). When she went to sea with Jack Rackham, she lived and worked like other members of the crew.Ĭaptured with Jack, she disappeared from prison sometime in 1721. She won the respect of the pirates in her own right. Though Anne lived alone in the wickedest city on earth, no history ever describes her as a victim. The two eventually moved to Nassau, where James faded, and then became an informer for the English Government. He mistreated his new wife, and she got back at him by sleeping with every other pirate in port. Bonny was infuriated that Anne’s father cut her off without a penny. Īnne came from a well-to-do family, and married the small-time pirate James Bonny in a fit of teenage rebellion. Rackham was hanged in Jamaica on March 29, 1721. He and the crew were dead drunk when the Navy found them again, and they were unable to fight. Jack cut a wide swath of mayhem through the Caribbean, but was caught when he celebrated too soon after escaping a Navy cutter. He wanted to marry her, and when he could not do so (she was already married and they could not get permission from her husband) he went back to sea and took her with him, apparently planning on taking revenge on the world. He was quartermaster of Vane’s Ranger and after becoming captain, he was one of those who accepted a pardon for his piratical acts. Rackham was brave to the point of being foolhardy. Vane is also noted for standing up to the English authorities, and refusing to accept a pardon from the King.Ī contemporary picture shows a gaunt-faced, hook nosed man. Given one of the flotilla’s smaller sloops when he lost the Ranger to Rackham, Vane tried to re-build his power, but was shipwrecked and ultimately hanged. He was captain of the Ranger, but was deposed by Calico Jack when he refused to attack a heavily armed French ship. He was definitely one of the captains that founded the Pirate Republic on Nassau, but he does not seem to have been well-liked, even by the pirates (and he definitely didn’t run around shirtless and in tight black leather pants… Sorry ladies!). Like many pirates, Charles Vane’s origins are obscure. As Stevens said, “Men feared Flint, but Flint feared Silver.” Revealing how Silver got to be this cunning, strong, daring leader is half of what drives Black Sails. He signs his former shipmates aboard the ship Hispaniola, plans the mutiny, carries it out, and is only foiled by the actions of teenage Jim Hawkins. His former crew remember the days when they sailed with Flint with nostalgia and terror.Ī legendary schemer, Silver is the one-legged pirate who moves the action in Treasure Island. He already owns a successful business, the Spyglass tavern, but he wants it all: fortune, fame, and the kind of power that comes when you’ve got cash to burn. Flint is the man who captured and buried the treasure, marking its location with the pointing limbs of murdered shipmates.įlint’s ultimate end? Death by liver failure in a cheap rooming house in Savanah.
Pirate captain, former gentleman, a schemer, Captain Flint (his given name is never revealed) is one of the most striking characters in Treasure Island, even though he never actually appears in the book.
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