The Ferocious Blackbeard Come all you jolly sailors You all so stout and brave; Come hearken and I’ll tell you What happen’d on the wave Oh! tis of that bloody Blackbeard I’m going now for to tell’ And as how by gallant Maynard He was sent to hell. Benjamin Franklin, Colonial Williamsburg Press Historians consider Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, to be the most ruthless pirate of all time. He gained …showed first 75 words of 1493 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1493 total…voice, and his appetites were as ferocious as his temper” (Sherry 234-235). Sherry also stated that, “Many who knew him thought him insane. He had an explosive nature that could lurch from evil irritation to murderous rage in a moment. He enjoyed humiliating other men, and he never hesitated to use his fists to impose discipline on his crew” (Sherry 236). Would you want to be a pirate aboard one of Blackbeard’s ships? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**