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Ching Shih

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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The Black Fleet and the Pirates

The leader of the black fleet had been another fisherman's son who'd been kidnapped and turned into a pirate when he was 14 by Ching Yi. There were squadrons underneath of between 10 and 40 ships and up to 1500 pirates. The biggest vehicles they had were called Yang Chu An or Ocean Junk's.

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