Blackbeard's Encounter and Exchange

By SCinclb2uty

  • Blackbeard Joins Hornigold's Crew

    Blackbeard Joins Hornigold's Crew
    Image: Captain Benjaman Hornigold [11]

  • Blackbeard Meets LaConcorde

    Blackbeard Meets LaConcorde
    Click here: Queen Anne's Revenge Image: Queen Anne's Revenge [22]

  • Blackbeard's Encounter with Margaret

    Off the coast of Crab Island, Blackbeard ordered Captain Bostock to remove cargo, books, and instruments from his ship, Margaret. [1]

  • Encounter with a British Warship

    Encounter with a British Warship
    Blackbeard walks away from a fight with the British warship because he knew his crew could not compete with British training and crew quality. [6] Image: HMS Scarborough, smlar to the ship Blackbeard encountered [14]

  • Blockade of Charleston, the busiest and most important port of the southern colonies

    Blockade of Charleston, the busiest and most important port of the southern colonies
    In order to obtain valuable medical supplies from South Carolina, Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet looted several ships and made a ransom demand of a chest of medicine in exchange for hostages. Blackbeard threatened to send the heads of the hostages if the government refused to pay the ransom. [1] Image: Map of Charles Town [9]

  • 1718 King's Pardon

    1718 King's Pardon
    Blackbeard and his crew receives pardon from Governor Eden and settles in Bath Town. [1] Image: Woodes Rogers, governor of the Bahamas, holding the King's Pardon. (Rogers with Nassau Deed) [8]

  • The Last Battle: Battle of Ocracoke Inlet

    The Last Battle: Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
    Click here: The Last Battle Image: Blackbeard's final moment with LT Maynard [12]

  • Communication between Governor Charles Eden and Thomas Pollock

    Communication between Governor Charles Eden and Thomas Pollock
    Thomas Pollock, a wealthy landowner and former Governor of North Carolina, sent a letter to Governor Eden expressing his assessment of Governor Spotswood’s action of sending forces to capture Blackbeard and his crew. He believes the action is illegal if Governor Spotswood did not receive commission from King George I. Image: Map of Province of North Carolina [11]