Mary Read - The Most Underrated Female Pirate?

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Only two women from the Golden Age of Piracy are known to have been pirates: Ann Bonny, and Mary Read. The former has traditionally overshadowed the latter, despite Mary seemingly having a more interesting background. According to legend, she was a cross-dressing dragoon in the British army, that became a pirate and fought a duel to protect her lover. But just how true is it?

Modern sources
Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, and the "General History of the Pyrates" - Arne Bialuschewski
Pirates In Their Own Words - E.T Fox


The Great Days of Piracy - George Woodbury


Period sources
A General History of the Pyrates vol. 1 - Cpt. Charles Johnson
A General History of the Pyrates vol. 2 - Cpt. Charles Johnson
The Tryals of John Rackham and Others
The life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies - Daniel Defoe

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:29 Fact and fiction?
5:34 Birth and parentage
7:54 Life as a soldier
10:32 Piracy
13:17 The true story
16:28 A possible theory?
20:09 Visual depictions

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