
SYMHC Classics: Anne Bonny & Mary Read
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General History of Pirates
Anne bonney was also an illegitimate child, the illegitimate child of an attorney. Bonny's mother is reported to have been one of the household maids in this attorney's home. Also under thethe category of ibly here is that her father eventually took anne to live with him, but disguised her as a boy, supposedly a relative he was training to be a clerk. Mary reed joined the crew of john rackham, a k a calico jack and went on to join another pirate crew first. For unknown reasons, for unknown reasons, she disguised herself as a man and joined the crewof john rackham,. And there was another woman on calico jack's ship
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