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Not So Jolly Roger Blackbeard

Blackbeard Info from Internet

-terrible singer
-big
-scary, crazy laugh, mean, ugly
-pigtails in his beard
-crazy looking red eyes
-only captain gives orders in battle

-Mean
-Real name: Edward Teach
-Queen Anne’s ship was 40 gun ship and 300 man pirate ship
-received Royal Pardon from governor of NC and lived in Bath, NC for a while
-Last battle: was killed by Navy and beheaded
-carried pistols and cutlass

-Blackbeard was British
-Born before 1690
-Intelligent, learned to navigate the seas well and capture ships easily
-fearless
-was a privateer before becoming pirate
-started sailing with Benjamin Hornigold before becoming pirate

Sources: http://blackbeardsrealm.com/Blackbeard.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/bbeard.html
http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=39
http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/pirates/blackbeard.htm
Not So Jolly Roger by: Jon Scieszka