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Pirates brought to shore an antiwork, libertine ethos that was eloquently stated by Bartholomew Roberts, better known as Black Bart, a famed buccaneer who prowled the Atlantic coast from the West Indies to Newfoundland.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The constitution of the ship of the famous pirate Bartholomew Roberts starts by asserting that “Every Man has a Vote in the Affairs of Moment” and “has equal Title to the fresh provisions, or strong Liquors at any times”.
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The constitution of the ship of the famous pirate Bartholomew Roberts starts by asserting that “Every Man has a Vote in the Affairs of Moment” and “has equal Title to the fresh provisions, or strong Liquors at any times”.
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The constitution of the ship of the famous pirate Bartholomew Roberts starts by asserting that “Every Man has a Vote in the Affairs of Moment” and “has equal Title to the fresh provisions, or strong Liquors at any times”.
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Black Bart Bartholomew Roberts, born around 1682, was one of the most successful pirate captains of the early 18th century.
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According to a firsthand account from the compiled The Pirates 'Own Book, Bartholomew Roberts once appeared in battle wearing "two pair of pistols hanging at the end of a silk sling flung over his shoulders, according to the custom of the pirates."
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The presence of so many ships, including one identified by eighteenth-century maps as pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts 'Ranger, are a testament to a flourishing trade and the acceptance of piracy by the city's people and government.
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At the trial of the crew of pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts in 1722, crew member John Philps accused one of his former masters on a merchant ship of starving the men, saying that "it was such dogs as he that put men on pyrating."
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Captain Bartholomew Roberts, "he said, in a gentleman's voice," put in for recruits.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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Bartholomew Roberts was the particular and especial pupil of Davis, and when that worthy met his death so suddenly and so unexpectedly in the unfortunate manner above narrated, he was chosen unanimously as the captain of the fleet, and he was a worthy pupil of a worthy master.
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