Blackbeard

=﻿ Blackbeard = = ﻿ = Blackbeard's real name was Edward Teach and it's believed he was born around 1680 in Bristol, England. Blackbeard was the apprentice of Captain Benjamin Hornigold, who taught him most of the skills he used for stealing ships, but this lasted for only about two years. During those two years, Teach had come to Carolina for the first time. Teach decided to leave the Carribian and head towards the east coast of America. During this time he recruited many men from ships encountered over the voyage and had nearly seven hundred followers by the time he got to Charleston. He kept ships from entering and leaveing Charleston for about a week to demand a chest of medicine from the Governor. Teach had taken some citizens of Charleston hostage, but released them when he got the medicine. Just after the blockade of Charleston, Teach's ship The Queen Anne's Revenge sunk somewhere in the Beaufort Inlet. He claimed a new ship and called this one the Adventure. He then traveled to Bath and had accepted a pass for his piracy. There he built a new house and married his fourteenth wife who was named Mary Ormand. But this life bored Teach so he decided to start up his piracy reign again. Teach returned to Carolina and devided his spoils amongst himself, the Governor, and the Secretary. Most citizens believed after this act that Teach and the Governor were working together secretly. Virginia's Governor, Spotswood, was called upon to get Teach away from Carolina. November 22, 1718, Teach and Lt. Maynard fought near Teach's safe spot at the Ocracoke Inlet where he was killed and had his head severed. Teach had a total of twenty-five wounds (twenty from swords, and five from guns) before he died. His body was thrown overboard