Wednesday, March 16, 2005
march 16
anne bonney
female pirate. whoa!
"In 1720, Rackham's ship was captured by one of Bahamian Governor Woodes Rogers' pirate-hunters. During the fight, Rackham apparently cowered in the hold along with most of the crew, while the two women stayed on deck and attempted to fight off the attackers. After their capture, Rackham and the other men were hanged. Bonny and Read were both pregnant, and they escaped execution by "pleading their bellies." Read was sentenced to hang after giving birth, but before she could do so she died of a fever in jail. Somehow, Bonny was granted a reprieve, and what happened to her afterwards is entirely unknown. Some say she went back to her father or her husband, some say she resumed the pirate's life. Whatever she did, her most memorable words are those she said to Calico Jack on the eve of his execution: "I'm sorry to see you here, Jack, but if you'd have fought like a man you needn't hang like a dog." "
copied and pasted from: http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/annebonny.htm
anne bonney
female pirate. whoa!
"In 1720, Rackham's ship was captured by one of Bahamian Governor Woodes Rogers' pirate-hunters. During the fight, Rackham apparently cowered in the hold along with most of the crew, while the two women stayed on deck and attempted to fight off the attackers. After their capture, Rackham and the other men were hanged. Bonny and Read were both pregnant, and they escaped execution by "pleading their bellies." Read was sentenced to hang after giving birth, but before she could do so she died of a fever in jail. Somehow, Bonny was granted a reprieve, and what happened to her afterwards is entirely unknown. Some say she went back to her father or her husband, some say she resumed the pirate's life. Whatever she did, her most memorable words are those she said to Calico Jack on the eve of his execution: "I'm sorry to see you here, Jack, but if you'd have fought like a man you needn't hang like a dog." "
copied and pasted from: http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/annebonny.htm
