The Notorious Blackbeard

Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, Thatch or Treach, is one of history’s
most famous pirates, who became a huge figure in American folklore.
Little is known of Blackbeard’s early life, and his origins have
been left to speculation. Blackbeard was first heard of as a pirate
late in 1716. The following year he converted a captured French
merchantman into a 40-gun warship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, and soon
became notorious along the Virginia and Carolina coasts and in the
Caribbean Sea. Before his death in November of 1718, Blackbeard was
only an active pirate for less than two years. So, why is his
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