And once again, we have a docudrama series about pirates.
And I'm always amazed where they turn the interpretations to.
After watching this the conclusions I got were
1. Anyway that they can make the Britosh look bad, they will.
2. Anne Bonny got to live out her life as an old woman who saw the birth of America.
3. Pirates would capture slave ships and set the slaves free. Well about 40% right. Blackbeard would still sell humans.
However I did like the emphasis on how much the slave trade was linked into piracy. And with the emergence of Britain as a colonial and naval power they were then able to dictate the global economy.
What i noted was the fact that they failed to make mention of Bartholomew Roberts, the pirate who raided the fishing fleets off the grand banks and into Acadia, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Oh and according to the filmmakers, 18th century women's undergarments were not the chemise but some sort of Mumu
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