Who Was The Gentleman Pirate?
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Stede Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados in 1688. He had money, land and eventually a wife and children. But in 1717, at the age of 29, he turned to a life of crime on high seas to become a pirate of the Caribbean. And because of his status before turning to piracy, he became known as "the gentleman pirate". But being a gentleman and being a pirate were two completely different ways of life, and the contradiction lead to many challenges for Captain B...
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