Pirates! THE Pirate! Possibly the most well-known pirate, Blackbeard! Today we look at his most daring act, the time he decided to take the ships and the port in Charleston hostage to the surprise of everyone.

Find out why and learn about a few other pirate misconceptions on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/blackbeard/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard#Blackbeard

https://www.scetv.org/stories/2019/did-you-know-history-piracy-south-carolina

https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/piracy/

https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2017/winter/feature/lot-what-known-about-pirates-not-true-and-lot-what-true-not-known

https://www.britannica.com/technology/privateer

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/

https://www.piratedocuments.com/blackbeard-raids-charleston-1718/

https://books.google.com/books?id=3jI5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT159&lpg=PT159&dq

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