{"id":21000,"date":"2024-02-08T00:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-was-anne-bonny\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T02:40:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:40:49","slug":"who-was-anne-bonny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-was-anne-bonny\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the real female Pirate of the Caribbeans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who was the real female Pirate of the Caribbeans?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenshot_2023-09-01_at_53566555862561856136.png?resize=640%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenshot_2023-09-01_at_53566555862561856136.png?resize=799%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenshot_2023-09-01_at_53566555862561856136.png?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenshot_2023-09-01_at_53566555862561856136.png?resize=768%2C984&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/screenshot_2023-09-01_at_53566555862561856136.png?w=1118&amp;ssl=1 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Bonny, sometimes Ann Fulford, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonny was born in Ireland at an unknown date, and later moved to London and then to the Province of Carolina. Around 1718 she married sailor James Bonny, assumed his last name, and moved with him to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside Rackham and Mary Read in October 1720. All three were sentenced to death, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both of them were pregnant. 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Around 1718 she married sailor James Bonny, assumed his last name, and moved with him to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside Rackham and Mary Read in October 1720. All three were sentenced to death, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both of them were pregnant. 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