Blackbeard's Assassination

In gold and silver alone, blackbeard's crew had stolen the modern equivalent of 400 thousand dollars. Blackbeard wasn't at charleston to show people pirates were to be feared because they were cruel. He was there to show that pirates were to being feared because they are powerful. And as it turned out, the blockade was highly profitable. But this stunt did come at a price. After charleston, the entirety of the american seaboard knew blackbeard's name,. which is exactly what blackbeard wanted. It also made him public enemy number one in colonial America.