Episode 280 - Interesting Times

Today we're looking at the English Empire circa 1699, through the eyes of some of our future protagonists. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact [email protected] Sources: The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson Villains of All Nations by Marcus Rediker Blackbeard: The Birth of America by Samuel Marquis Blackbeard by Angus Konstam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.