The Age of Pirates | Blackbeard and the Flying Gang | 3
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Blackbeard's Adventure and Queen Anse Revenge
In 1718 blackbeard sailed his fleet to top sail inlet on north carolina's outer banks. The region was only sparsely inhabited by english colonists making it an ideal place for a pirate fleet to hide. Blackbeard kept around 1500 pounds sterling from the citizens he'd taken prisoner And though they returned to town without their wallets this turned out to be a ruse. He also abandoned over a hundred luckless former crew members with no food or water on an uninhabited island three miles from the mainland. In early june bonnet took his ship revenge and set off to seek his pardon from north car Carolina's governor. While he was gone blackbeard and a group of his most
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