Blackbeard the Pirate

Blackbeard, real name EDWARD TEACH (1680?-1718), English pirate, probably born in Bristol. He was widely known and feared for his robberies and atrocities throughout the West Indies and along the coast of the North Carolina and Virginia colonies. In 1718 the governor of Virginia sent two British ships to attack Blackbeard, who was spending the winter in a North Carolina inlet; the pirate was killed in the engagement.

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