<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>He was the terror of the colonial coastline. Better known as the pirate Blackbeard, Edward Teach attacked ships from Virginia to Jamaica. And Virginia Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood was tired of it. So when the pirate set up a hideout around North Carolina’s Okracoke Island, Spotswood decided to act.</p>

Episode Notes He was the terror of the colonial coastline. Better known as the pirate Blackbeard, Edward Teach attacked ships from Virginia to Jamaica. And Virginia Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood was tired of it. So when the pirate set up a hideout around North Carolina’s Okracoke Island, Spotswood decided to act.

Episode Notes
<p>He was the terror of the colonial coastline. Better known as the pirate Blackbeard, Edward Teach attacked ships from Virginia to Jamaica. And Virginia Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood was tired of it. So when the pirate set up a hideout around North Carolina’s Okracoke Island, Spotswood decided to act.</p>

Week of Nov 23: Blackbeard’s reign ends

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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