Pirates & Privateers From Long Island Sound To Delaware Bay - 9781540252036

Illicit commerce was key to the survival of the mid-Atlantic colonies from the Golden Age of piracy to the battles of the American Revolution. Out of this exciting time came beloved villains like Captain William Kidd and Black Sam Bellamy as well as inspiring locals like Captain Shelley and James Forten. Learn of the legend of Sadie the Goat and her Charlton Street Gang as piracy was ending in the region in the 19th century. From the shores of New York to the oceans of the East Indies, from Delaware Bay to the islands of the West Indies, author Jamie L.H. Goodall illuminates the height of piratical depredations in the mid-Atlantic in the 17th and 18th centuries.

• | Author: Jamie L. H. Goodall
• | Publisher: History PR
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 130 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1540252035
• | ISBN-13: 9781540252036