Episode 254 - The Trial
The Pirate History Podcast
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The Pirates Who Sailed Back to Europe
The pirates were good for the economy. It would have been foolish to turn them into the authorities. Eventually, nearly all of the pirates who were arrested were among those who sail ed back to europe aboard the sea flower or the isaac henry every. We could spend an entire episode talking about the pirateswho were picked up by the authorities and spent a little bit of time in jail, but were ultimately released. Most of them just paid their bail and a healthy bribe on the side, and were allowed to go about their way.
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