Billy One-Hand: The Unknown Pirate with a Happy Ending

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Edward Congdon, nowadays called Billy One-Hand, became the most succesful pirate of the Golden Age, when he robbed a wealthy ship and used his money to settle as a merchant in France, using his mercantile skills acquired as a slave smuggler on Madagascar. This is the story of how he did it.

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Sources:
A General History of the Pyrates(Vol II) - Captain Charles Johnson
Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, 1713-1720 - Baylus C. Brooks
Jolly Rogers - E.T Fox
Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy - Charles R. Ewen, Russell K. Skowronek
Pirates in their Own Words Vol. 1 - E.T Fox
Pirates in their Own Words Vol. 2 - E.T Fox
Sailing East: West Indian Pirates in Madagascar - Baylus C. Brooks
Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century - David Wilson
The Gold of Billy One-Hand - Barry Clifford


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