tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post275540129490227648..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: William HowardPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-64994730010255905922019-07-03T23:10:50.949-04:002019-07-03T23:10:50.949-04:00The popular writer ( former journalist ) her name ...The popular writer ( former journalist ) her name Darlene Marshall if interested check it out-- I am not related to this person, but I know of her from way back when er, the 70's yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-28624904841652816632019-07-03T23:03:02.911-04:002019-07-03T23:03:02.911-04:00Here we go again, the Blackbeard Blues. There is ...Here we go again, the Blackbeard Blues. There is an entire genre of Pirate literature available on e-books -- if I am able to find out the name of the popular author i am aware of, I will report back<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-68904610200116252072019-07-02T23:08:30.044-04:002019-07-02T23:08:30.044-04:00To set the record straight, my research, based on ...To set the record straight, my research, based on primary sources, indicates that members of Blackbeard’s crew who were arrested at Bath and who did not bear arms against the king’s colors at Ocracoke, were eligible for the same pardon that benefited William Howard. Those men included John Martin, the son of Bath co-founder Joel Martin, former pirate-cooper Edward Salter, and Joseph Brooks, Jr. Their names appear in the Beaufort County deed book after their purported hangings in VA. Salter, in particular, has a well-documented and distinguished life that lasted another 20 years after he was convicted of piracy at Williamsburg. Mariner and Bath plantation owner James Robbins, and the pirate slave Caesar owned by the governor’s executive council secretary Tobias Knight, also retuned to Bath after their convictions and “so-called hangings.” There is absolutely no record that supports the notion that “all but two of Blackbeard’s pirates were hanged.” None. The long-held assumption of the Williamsburg pirate hangings is today perpetuated by monolithic institutions, poor scholarship by historians, and authors who simply parrot one another. Lastly, Royal Navy records are clear that the few hangings that did occur—two white pirates and four black pirate-slaves—took place at Hampton, Virginia.<br /><br />Kevin Duffus<br />author, The Last Days of Black Beard the PirateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-60371612375245690702019-07-02T17:16:45.428-04:002019-07-02T17:16:45.428-04:00Good posting. What do you think about the k.duffus...Good posting. What do you think about the k.duffus book and his contention that Blackbeard was from around Bath,nc? Will we ever really know...than again Philip.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com