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Blackbeard's Culpability in the Slave Trade
Blackbeard abandoned his wife and children to be a pirate. He also abandoned his duties running in a state that relied on enslaved labor. Blackbeard basically did whatever was most convenient to him at the moment. There were people of color working on his crew, but there is a debate as to whether they were all there by choice or how they were treated.