Articles related to "Captain William Kidd"



Captain William Kidd, The Man and the Legend
In 1650, Captain William Kidd, at the age of five, he moved to New York, then a British colony. History would remember, "Captain Kidd", as a notorious pirate.
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Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd was either a bloodthirsty pirate of his own volition, or else a victim of mutinous circumstances beyond his control. The result was the same: a hanging.
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The Trial of Captain Kidd
This trial, while presumably the hearing of a pirate and a traitor, was in fact much more of a political event that tells us a great deal about the time period.
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Piracy of Yore vs. Piracy Today
Pirates today are far from being the romantic images portrayed by Hollywood. In this five-part series I'll examine modern piracy in more detail: pirate hot spots, their methods, what constitutes piracy, what's being done to combat piracy, the economic effects of piracy, and anti-piracy techniques.
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Ocean-Born Mary Fulton--A Family Folktale
Folk tale of pirates, treasure and love.
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