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EPISODE 24 The Pirate Queen

History on Fire

CHAPTER

The Origins of Piracy

Fisharmon were also seen as low class by land dwellers. The way they spoke was rather different from the way land dwellers did. They had their own kind of working class speech that was very at odds with the polite speech of the higher classes. In poverty was the key factor at the roots of piracy. Each of the three pirate periods began with famines and economic problems. Pretty much any time the price of rice increased, piracy increased too.

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