The Pirate Attack on Havana in 1555

There was a major pirate attack on vana in 15 55 that i'd like us to talk about. The pirates were french protestants, and they came in and basically raised havanna to the ground. They took african captives and slave people captives, and hanged them in public. But that attack also, it stepped up spanish protection of its new world.

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