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Blackbeard (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

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What Happened to Blackbeard's Head?

The process of how pirates were publicly executed come london and the americas. The pirate would then have to give a speech atoning for their crimes, begging forgiveness. Sometimes they wouldn't speak - sometimes it was because they didn't want to do it. They would be hanged in a gibbet until three tides had washed over them. And but that is how pirate executions kind of create what we know of today. That's all we have time for today. Let me say thank you to my guests in history, doctor rebecca simon,. gold stewsmith, james la mesure british ex-army officer who helped set up white army. I'll see you next

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