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SYMHC Classics: Anne Bonny & Mary Read

Stuff You Missed in History Class

CHAPTER

The History of Pirates

Reed struck relationship with one of the other pirates, although he is never named in any of the accounts. Reed was purportedly so incensed at the fact that the two of them were basically the only ones offering any resistance that she yelled below decks for the men to come up and fight. And when no one answered her, she fired into the hold, killing one of rackham crew in the process. They took on a crew of 12 and began sailing the william around the bahamas, plundering as they went. Some sources disagree about whether bonnie and reed maintained their disguises while aboard rackham's ship. In some versions, they made no effort to hide their gender

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