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Bookmark or Share- How Stede Bonnet Became The 'Gentleman Pirate' Of Barbados - All That's ...The Life Of Stede Bonnet, The Gentleman Who Became A Pirate On A Whim. By Genevieve Carlton | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis. Published August 9, 2022. Updated August 11, 2022. While Stede Bonnet is featured in the comedy series "Our Flag Means Death," the 18th-century Barbadian pirate lived a much wilder life than the show portrays.
- Stede Bonnet - World History EncyclopediaCaptain Stede Bonnet was a plantation owner in Barbados who turned to piracy and privateering in 1717. Known as the 'Gentleman Pirate', Bonnet embarked on a life of crime relatively late in life, reportedly in order to escape his nagging wife. He was hanged for his crimes in Charleston, South Carolina in November 1718.
- Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate Biography - ThoughtCoKnown For: Piracy. Also Known As: The Gentleman Pirate. Born: 1688, Barbados. Died: December 10, 1718, Charleston, North Carolina. Spouse: Mary Allamby. Early Life. Stede Bonnet was born in 1688 to a family of wealthy English landowners on the island of Barbados.
- Stede Bonnet - WikipediaStede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694 ...
- The Fascinating Tale of Stede Bonnet: The Gentleman PirateBy Carl Seaver. Can a gentleman be a pirate? There was one man who went against these seemingly opposite stereotypes and became both: Stede Bonnet. Born a gentleman, he turned to piracy in his later years. Bonnet was born to moderately wealthy English landowners in Barbados in 1688.
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