Blackbeard:

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Blackbeard The most feared pirate of the Atlanti
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Presented by Carol Holden and Tanya Klanert
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The Beginning of Blackbeard

• No one is sure exactly where Blackbeard was
  born. He could have been born in one of two
  places, Bristol, England or the island of Jamaica

• Blackbeards real name has also been hard to
  discover, however, Edward Teach is the most
  common in documents about Blackbeard.

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• He was an active privateer for the British,
  spying on French ships during the Spanish War.
  Privateers were used to attack enemy ships.
  
• Becoming a privateer was the first step in
  Blackbeards piracy.

For more information about Blackbeards life,
link to http//www.blackbeardlives.com/day1/bio.sh
tml
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The Queen Annes Revenge (QAR)
One of the largest pirates ship to ever sail. The
Queen Annes Revenge was the ship Blackbeard
captained.
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• Before Blackbeard claimed the ship, it is
  believed to have been sailed in England.
  
• The QAR left Africa with gold dust, silver,
  jewels, and slaves on board.
  
• It was captured by Blackbeard during its voyage
  from Africa.
  
• The ship could hold up to 300 tons (600,000
  pounds), was armed with 40 different cannons, and
  had a crew of 150 pirates.
  
• Blackbeard captured the QAR in November 1717 in
  the Caribbean.

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• He used the QAR as his prime weapon during the
  height of his reign of terror.
  
• The QAR is known to have taken at least 18 ships
  as "prizes."
  
• It is believed that Blackbeard and his crew
  removed most of the booty of gold and silver
  before they left the ship.
  
• The QAR wrecked in June 1718 at Beaufort Inlet,
  North Carolina. The crew abandoned the ship.

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After he captured the QAR, Blackbeard flew his
flag from for all to see.

A pirates flag is known as a jolly roger. The
above picture is Blackbeards jolly roger.
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Life as a Pirate
It is thought that Blackbeards home was a big
white house located on the inlet in Beaufort, NC.
This is a picture of his house. Today it is
known as the Hammock House
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The Blockade
Blackbeards largest accomplishment was the
blockade he set up outside of Charleston, SC. He
stretched his vessels across the harbor and made
demands of the town for money, supplies and
medicine.   The blockade wore on for weeks, and
without firing a shot, Blackbeard slowly received
what he came for. 
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Abandoning the QAR

• In 1718, he sailed it into the Beaufort Inlet. 
  It was there that he intentionally ran the ship
  aground.  In reality, he was planning another
  theft of booty, but this time it was from his own
  crew. He took the treasure and his favorite crew
  members and abandoned the ship in the inlet to be
  taken away by the ocean tide.
• Blackbeard and the crew he took with him, sailed
  another ship up Pamlico Sound to the town of
  Bath.

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Blackbeards Death

• Blackbeard missed being a pirate and soon
  started sailing the North Carolina and Virginia
  coast again with another ship and searched for
  other ships to attack.
• He settled on Ockracoke Island near Cape
  Hatteras.
  
• The Royal Navy found Blackbeards ship anchored
  at his favorite spot and attacked.

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• Both sides lost crew members in the battle.
• Eventually Blackbeard was killed in battle by
  the Royal navy. 
  
• Blackbeard's head was cut off and his body
  thrown overboard where legend has that it swam
  around the ship several times before sinking. 

For more legends link to http//www.icw-net.com/ta
les/
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• Blackbeard's Ship is still underwater in just 20
  feet of water off of Fort Macon.
  
• Some cannon and artifacts from the QAR have been
  recovered from the wreckage.
  
• Some smaller items, such as the stones in the
  picture below that have been found are on display
  at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC.

For more photos of artifacts link to
http//www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/bl
ackbeard/artifacts.htm
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Only the devil and I know the whereabouts of my
treasure, and the one of us who lives the longest
shall take it all. ARRGH!