During the summer of 1718, Edward Teach, also known as the infamous pirate Blackbeard, decided to give up his pirating ways in exchange for a royal pardon from the governor of North Carolina, which ...
Blackbeard’s reputation didn’t happen by accident, and it wasn’t built on nonstop bloodshed the way movies love to suggest.
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) — For centuries, history books have pointed to North Carolina, or even England, as the birthplace of Blackbeard, the world’s most notorious pirate. But longtime Goose Creek ...