UM-Bot Posted August 26, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 26, 2016 New research has determined that Blackbeard wasn't quite as bloodthirsty as history would suggest. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/298191/was-infamous-pirate-blackbeard-a-good-guy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 26, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 26, 2016 He was good at putting wax in his bread, drinking gun powder and swimming around a ship when he had no head. Ergo he was a good guy. Plus perception is what we make of it, therefore we have things like the parody of pirates in Stardust 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted August 26, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I bet his friends thought he was just peachie. Pirate captains who didn't treat the crew well, usually get tossed overboard. At least that is what happens now a days. Crazy things you learn living in Florida. Arr... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted August 26, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 26, 2016 8 hours ago, bubblykiss said: He was good at putting wax in his bread, drinking gun powder and swimming around a ship when he had no head. Ergo he was a good guy. Plus perception is what we make of it, therefore we have things like the parody of pirates in Stardust So loved this movie and LOVED this scene. De Niro is tops 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 26, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 26, 2016 The authorities make things up about people to tarnish their image just so they can "legitimize efforts to bring him to justice."? Say it aint so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted August 27, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Everyone liked the insignia on his peg leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted August 27, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Blackbeard appears to be good at rapping. Especially if it's some sort of battle rap, epic, about history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted August 27, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 27, 2016 7 hours ago, OverSword said: The authorities make things up about people to tarnish their image just so they can "legitimize efforts to bring him to justice."? Say it aint so. Funny, yeah some of my uncles (and probably others) should have been authors, fabrication artistry of the highest level, its never refuted. Say it ain't so HA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted August 28, 2016 #9 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's fashionable nowadays to say that someone wasn't bad after all, they were just "misunderstood." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scocope Posted November 19, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 19, 2016 For those who want more than a few sentences about the topic, here is Woodward's article http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 20, 2016 #11 Share Posted November 20, 2016 5 hours ago, scocope said: For those who want more than a few sentences about the topic, here is Woodward's article http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/ Nicely done. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badfish312 Posted November 20, 2016 #12 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) There is so much misinformation about Blackbeard. Most, if not all, of the misinformation about Blackbeard is due to a man named Nathaniel Mist, using the pseudonym Charles Johnson to write the book "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates" This book is full of fiction and cannot be relied on as an accurate source. Most of all written books,blogs and news stories about Blackbeared are based on fiction, myths and folklore. Most of what is written in the OP's link is fiction. However one piece of empirical evidence we do have is that the name Blackbeard is most likely the alias of Edward Thatch. "Thou mentons [the] pyrating trade wth you, from the begining of this Mo[nth] untill wthin this Week one Cap[tai]n Tatch all[ia]s Bla[ck]beard in a Sloope whch they call [the] Revengers Revenge Aboute 130 Men, 12 or 14 Guns having layne of or Capes & taken six or seven Vessells Inw[ar]d & outw[ar]d bound" - Jonathan Dickinson to Joshua Crosby, Oct 23, 1717 Edited November 20, 2016 by Badfish312 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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