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Ruthless and cunning, Blackbeard the pirate is historically said to have visited locations in both Delaware and Pennsylvania during his career on the Eastern Seaboard.

Blackbeard's legend is well known, and stories of his ruthlessness were well circulated during his lifetime and even to the present. But is what we have been told true?

The legend of Blackbeard has been told and retold in many different ways. Here some of the actual history of this infamous pirate is revealed.

Of all the personalities of the Golden Age of Piracy, none has had the same impact in popular memory as the notorious Blackbeard.

As one of the most notorious and well-remembered Caribbean pirates, Blackbeard succeeded in capturing over 40 ships in his relatively brief career.

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.

Life as a pirate has been romanticized by novels and movies. Even though it was dangerous and violent, pirates themselves defended its allure and adventure.

Buccaneers were the second generation of fringe participants in the colonial economy. After buccaneers came the true, classic form of piracy we remember best today.