Stede Bonnet
✓ Source-basedfallingEarly 18th-century Barbadian pirate
Stede Bonnet, known as the Gentleman Pirate, was an English pirate and landowner. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694.
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Stede Bonnet, Surrender of Bonnet, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835004
Plaque to Stede Bonnet and his crew in Charleston, South Carolina
The hanging of Stede Bonnet in Charleston, 10 December 1718
Bonnet and his fictional daughter, Kate (by Arthur Ignatius Keller, 1902)In their orbit 2
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Stede Bonnet, known as the Gentleman Pirate, was an English pirate and landowner. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. Despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided he should turn to piracy and crime in the spring of 1717. He bought a sailing vessel, the Revenge, and travelled with his paid crew along the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the Eastern United States, capturing other vessels and burning other Barbadian ships.
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