MiddenMonster
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Short but interesting article. One quote caused the puke to edge upward though:
"This shipwreck is very sacred ground. We know a third of the crew was of African origin and the fact they had robbed the Whydah, which was a slave ship, presents them in a whole new light. Their benevolent captain, the legendary Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy and crew were experimenting in democracy long before the so-called civilized societies had considered such a thing."
Yeah, if you leave out the Greeks, Romans, Oliver Cromwell, etc. I guess you can never virtue signal too much these days.
Pirate skeletons found in 1717 shipwreck off coast of Cape Cod
"This shipwreck is very sacred ground. We know a third of the crew was of African origin and the fact they had robbed the Whydah, which was a slave ship, presents them in a whole new light. Their benevolent captain, the legendary Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy and crew were experimenting in democracy long before the so-called civilized societies had considered such a thing."
Yeah, if you leave out the Greeks, Romans, Oliver Cromwell, etc. I guess you can never virtue signal too much these days.
Pirate skeletons found in 1717 shipwreck off coast of Cape Cod
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