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Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers
John S. C. Abbott
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Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it seemed from the outside.
Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it seemed from the outside.
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Kidd received them in his cabin, and upon inquiry ascertained that the ship and cargo belonged to Mongol merchants; that they had intrusted the command to a Dutch captain, as was not unfrequently the case in those days, and that the French gentleman was merely a passenger accidently on board, passing from one port to another.
These tidings, to use a sailor’s phrase, “struck him all aback.” Holland, as we have mentioned, was England’s ally. The Great Mogul was England’s friend. Kidd must release the ship, or confess himself a pirate and an outlaw, and run the imminent risk of being hanged should he ever return to England. For a moment he seemed lost in thought, bewildered. Then his wicked mind, now rapidly descending into the abyss of sin and shame, rested in a decisive resolve.
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This should be titled Sir Henry Morgan and Others of the Buccaneers because this book has to be at least 50% about him and his adventures. Not that I'm complaining. It was infinitely interesting, if a little disturbing, learning about this "legal" pirate. If all of the historical accounts are to be