02591cam a2200337 4500 559591078 TxAuBib 20180122120000.0 061108s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006037389 9780151013029 0151013020 (OCoLC)76167329 TxAuBib Woodard, Colin. The republic of pirates [Print] : being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down / Colin Woodard. 1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, 2007. 383 p. : map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue : the golden age of piracy -- The legend (1696) -- Going to sea (1697-1702) -- War (1702-1712) -- Peace (1713-1715) -- Pirates gather (January-June 1716) -- Brethren of the coast (June 1716-March 1717) -- Bellamy (March-May 1717) -- Blackbeard (May-December 1717) -- Begging pardon (December 1717-July 1718) -- Brinksmanship (July-September 1718) -- Hunted (September-March 1720) -- Epilogue : piracy's end (1720-1732). The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world. In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates—former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves—this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires, and for a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success. 20180122. Pirates Caribbean Area History 18th century. Buccaneers History 18th century. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006037389.html Table of contents only https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2006037389-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2006037389-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2006037389-s.html Sample text TXTLL