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Pirates Weekend Plymouth Landlubber learning: famous pirates - anne bonny married name: Anne Bonny born: Cork, Ireland died: Date and Place Unknown Piracy career: 1718 – 1720 Ship name: The William Interesting fact: Anne Bonny became friendly with another female pirate called Mary Read and they were both pretty ferocious fighters. Disappointing fact: Anne Bonny was only a pirate for a few months! Yo ho it’s a pirates life for anne bonny She was born in Cork, Ireland and was the illegitimate daughter of a lawyer and his servant. She moved to Carolina with both her parents but unfortunately her mother died of typhoid fever when she was just 12 years old. Anne was said to have a fiery temper and apparently stabbed a servant girl with a knife at age 13. She married husband, James Bonny and moved to New Providence Island, also known as the ‘Republic of Pirates’. Whilst there Anne met another Pirate, Calico Jack Rackham, she became involved with him and he offered her husband money to divorce her (which was fairly common practice at the time!) When James refused the two left the island together anyway and Anne became a member of Rackham’s crew, along with fellow pirate, Mary Read. Anne, Read and Rackham were active in pirates until 1920 when their crew was captured. Much of the crew put up little resistance but Anne was determined to put up a fight. Nevertheless, they were all captured at sentenced to execution. Bonny's last words to Rackham were, according to the main account of her life, "Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog." There are no official records of what became of Bonny, whether death, execution, escape, or continuing to live out her life in prison, her fate is unknown, leading to speculation of what became of her. .

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Table of Contents Welcome from the Dais ……………………………………………………………………… 1 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Background Information ……………………………………………………………………… 3 The Golden Age of Piracy ……………………………………………………………… 3 A Pirate’s Life for Me …………………………………………………………………… 4 The True Pirates ………………………………………………………………………… 4 Pirate Values …………………………………………………………………………… 5 A History of Nassau ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Woodes Rogers ………………………………………………………………………… 8 Outline of Topics ……………………………………………………………………………… 9 Topic One: Fortification of Nassau …………………………………………………… 9 Topic Two: Expulsion of the British Threat …………………………………………… 9 Topic Three: Ensuring the Future of Piracy in the Caribbean ………………………… 10 Character Guides …………………………………………………………………………… 11 Committee Mechanics ……………………………………………………………………… 16 Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………………… 18 1 Welcome from the Dais Dear delegates, My name is Elizabeth Bobbitt, and it is my pleasure to be serving as your director for The Republic of Pirates committee. In this committee, we will be looking at the Golden Age of Piracy, a period of history that has captured the imaginations of writers and filmmakers for decades. People have long been enthralled by the swashbuckling tales of pirates, their fame multiplied by famous books and movies such as Treasure Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Peter Pan. But more often than not, these portrayals have been misrepresentations, leading to a multitude of inaccuracies regarding pirates and their lifestyle. This committee seeks to change this. In the late 1710s, nearly all pirates in the Caribbean operated out of the town of Nassau, on the Bahamian island of New Providence. From there, they ravaged shipping lanes and terrorized the Caribbean’s law-abiding citizens, striking fear even into the hearts of the world’s most powerful empires. Eventually, the British had enough, and sent a man to rectify the situation — Woodes Rogers. In just a short while, Rogers was able to oust most of the pirates from Nassau, converting it back into a lawful British colony.
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