He is my favorite pirate and I was reading about him way before the Disney movies came out! I got the idea for this post at the movies last week. The trailer came on and some girl yelled "why doesn't he have a black beard?" I wanted to yell back at her, but I'm to shy for that ;-). So below are some of the most interesting things that I have read about Blackbeard.
1. His real name was Edward Teach. He didn't become Blackbeard until he actually had a black beard and had command of his own ship.
2. He did not start off as a pirate. He was actual a sailor during the Queen Anne's War in 1702.
3. He met notorious pirate, Benjamin Hornigold 1716 and they committed numerous acts of piracy.
4. The crew demoted Hornigold and named Teach as their new captain. Hornigold retired soon after.
5. Blackbeard captured his famous ship Queen Anne's Revenge in 1716. It was a French ship carrying slaves.
6. Below is Blackbeard's flag. It is of a skeleton piercing a heart while toasting the devil.
7. There a few superstitions still around today about Blackbeard's ghost. It is said that unexplained lights at sea are called Teach's Lights.
8. The Queen Anne's revenge sank on a sandbar in 1718. It was found in 1997 in North Carolina.
9. To intimidate people into giving up their valuables/ships, Blackbeard would light fuses and tie them to his hair. This would make it look like his hair was smoking.
10. Blackbeard was killed by the Royal Navy in North Carolina. He was decapitated with his body being thrown at sea and his head being displayed on the Navy's ship.
These are just of the interesting facts surrounding Blackbeard's life. It will be interesting to see where the show starts and how they go about telling the story. I can't wait!!!
~Cecelia
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