Jon Hagadorn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Because a general history shows us the duality of the pirate.
On one page, there are monsters.
Men like Ned Law, who tortured captives for sport.
On the next, there are revolutionaries.
They shared their loot equally.
They had disability insurance for lost limbs.
They voted for their captains.
In a world of absolute monarchy, the pirate ship was the only place a poor man had a vote.
In this series, we are going to narrate the original 1724 text, but we're stripping away the romanticism.
We're going into the salt spray, the smell of gunpowder, and the desperate high-stakes gamble of a merry life and a short one.
Well, it's time to weigh anchor.
And the anchor is up.
The black flag is unfurled, and the horizon is wide open.
we begin with the man who started it all, Captain Henry Avery, the Pirate King, who pulled off the greatest heist in history and then vanished into thin air.
If you're ready to leave the shore behind, get ready to join us soon at 1001 Stories for the Road.
This voyage begins right after these sponsor messages.
And now, A General History of the Pirates by Daniel Defoe.
Chapter 1.
Henry Avery.
None of these bold adventurers were ever so much talked of, for a while, as Avery.