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Anne Bonny - Pirate (c1700 - Unknown) |
Anne Bonny is famous as one of few women to
become pirates. Said to be as tough and fearless
as any pirate, she stood alongside her shipmates
in many a battle. In recent times she has appeared
as a character in an Assassins Creed video game,
and the US TV series Black Sails.
This page details facts about Anne Bonny's life
and the events that shaped her history.
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Anne Bonny the Pirate - Fun
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Anne Bonny Fact
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She was born illegitimately, as Anne
Cormac, to her father's maid near Cork in Ireland around
1700. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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Her father was disinherited in favour
of his wife, however his wife gave him an allowance. |
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She was brought to live with her father
who dressed her as a boy to fool his wife, who knew he had
a daughter, and secure the allowance. |
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This deception worked for a while, however
his wife went on to discover that Anne was a girl and stopped
the allowance. |
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Her father was so angry that he brought
her mother to live openly with them. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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This action resulted in the collapse
of her father's law practice, causing the family to leave
Ireland and travel to Carolina. |
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In Carolina, her father became successful,
and when her mother died, she took over as his housekeeper. |
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Anne Bonny was tough and is said to have
dealt severely with a man who made unwelcome advances towards
her. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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Anne, who's maiden name was Cormac, married
a sailor John Bonny against her father's will and was thrown
out of his house. |
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John and Anne travelled to Providence
in search of work. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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While in Providence, she met
John
'Calico Jack' Rackham,
the pirate, who began courting her. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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She left her husband and eloped
to sea with
Calico Jack
Rackham. |
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When she became
pregnant, Anne was sent to Cuba until she gave birth.
She then returned to Rackham. |
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Anne Bonny was
a formidable pirate who fought and drank as well
as, if not better than, the male pirates. |
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Anne Bonny Fact
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When she fought,
she dressed as a man. |
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Picture
of Calico Jack the Pirate
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When their ship was finally taken in
November 1720, Anne, alongside
Mary Read and another
crew member, were all that stayed on the deck to fight. |
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After her capture she was convicted of
piracy and sentenced to hang, however she escaped execution
as she was pregnant. |
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Calico Jack
Rackham visited her before his execution.
She was said to have told him that she was sorry to see
him there, but if he'd fought like a man he need not have
been hanged like a dog.
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Anne Bonny Fact
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She was kept
in jail until she gave birth. What happened after
was never recorded, however she was definitely not
executed. Popular belief is that her father used
his influence to have her freed. She then started
a new life and died at the age of 82, but this is
pure speculation.
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Anne Bonny Fact
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Anne Bonny,
along with
Blackbeard,
Benjamin
Hornigold,
Calico Jack,
Mary Read
and
Charles Vane,
has been included as a character in the popular
video game Assassins Creed IV, Black Flag. She has
also been fictionalised in the TV series Black Sails,
which was released in the United States in 2014.
The series was created as a prequel to Treasure
Island by Robert Louis Stephenson and is set approximately
20 years earlier.
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