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Stede Bonnet : Charleston's Gentleman Pirate - Christopher Byrd Downey

Stede Bonnet

Charleston's Gentleman Pirate

By: Christopher Byrd Downey

Hardcover | 22 May 2012

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Hundreds of pirates traversed the waters of the Atlantic during America's colonial period, but few had a more adventurous tale than Stede Bonnet. Originally a wealthy plantation owner from Barbados, Bonnet abandoned his wife and children in 1717 to set sail on the pirate ship Revenge. He soon fell into company with Blackbeard in the Bahamas and headed for America. In May 1718, they arrived in Charleston and held the entire city hostage in a daring siege. Bonnet was eventually captured in North Carolina and

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